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Kylie Conover posted a reply on Re: Transition Signs to support a young audience
Friday, Dec 17, 2021 at 2:26 PM
Said: Hi Fotini, I would agree with Erin, no one reads signs and my best recommendation is what Erin suggested- when folks come into the space go over what is expected and- most importantly make sure the children (if older than 5) un...
Erin Ray posted a reply on Re: Transition Signs to support a young audience
Friday, Dec 17, 2021 at 2:11 PM
Said: We currently have 75 minute play sessions and since our museum is smaller, this time limit is for their entire stay. PA system announcements work for our space (though we do have to turn off our air maze to ensure guests can hear it!). ...
Fotini Fokidis posted a reply on Re: Transition Signs to support a young audience
Friday, Dec 17, 2021 at 1:48 PM
Said: Thanks for your response Erin. We have had staff go around and tell visitors using a PA system but still find it difficult with some of our visitors. Our space is a very large open concept (10,000 sq.feet with tall ceilings) so our PA s...
Erin Perkins posted a reply on Re: Transition Signs to support a young audience
Friday, Dec 17, 2021 at 12:46 PM
Said: Hi Fotini,When we conduct school tours at our Children's Museum, we give the students about 20 minutes in each room, 3 rooms total for an hours worth of visit time. Our staff makes the same announcement before entering the museu...
Fotini Fokidis posted a new Topic
Friday, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:19 AM
Transition Signs to support a young audience
Hi everyone,
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. I wanted to reach out to this amazing group for some insight around best practices in helping young visitors transition from your spaces when their time slot is up. We are currently offering 45 minute time slots to families in our children's area. Once those 45 minute time slots are up, our Host staff walk around and remind visitors that their playtime is over and that they can play in the rest of the building (we have a c...
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. I wanted to reach out to this amazing group for some insight around best practices in helping young visitors transition from your spaces when their time slot is up. We are currently offering 45 minute time slots to families in our children's area. Once those 45 minute time slots are up, our Host staff walk around and remind visitors that their playtime is over and that they can play in the rest of the building (we have a c...
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