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Megan Dietz posted a reply on Re: Mounting Exhibit Pieces
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Said: We were having trouble with panels falling off the walls, and had some Sikaflex Marine adhesive leftover from an event. Our curator used that, and it is holding well. This is only if you are not going to be moving the items ...
Janelle Benson posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Mounting Exhibit Pieces
Does anyone have a suggestion on what to use to mount pieces that get HEAVILY played with? We are having trouble with the cash registers and telephones getting RIPPED off the counters in our kid-sized credit union space. Both the tape the exhibit company used, and Alien Tape have not been able to keep them secured.
Kristen Marshall Mattson posted a reply on Re: Best Practices for Reducing No-Shows in Fre...
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Said: This is a longstanding challenge with public programming! I have two strategies for addressing this problem. 1. Instead of the program being fully free, establish a nominal fee to register. Our field trips cost only $2...
Celine Medeiros posted a reply on Re: Best Practices for Reducing No-Shows in Fre...
Tuesday, Aug 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Said: We have a weekly free admission event and have been seeing similar trends. We began opening registration 1 week in advance, and sending a reminder email 2 days in advance. We use the following key messaging: Due to overwhelm...
Vera Fonteneaux posted a reply on Re: Simple, easy-to-learn tasks for volunteers?
Tuesday, Aug 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Said: Here are some of the things we've had Knock Knock volunteers help out with. Not a comprehensive list by any means, but I hope it helps!Cleaning and resetting our learning zones (we will do deep cleans when it is a slow day...
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