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Katie Young posted a reply on Re: Employee Handbook - Guest Policy
Friday, Apr 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Said: We provide a membership to all employees as a benefit. We just added to our handbook that employees visiting the museum on their off time are not working, nor should be asked to work...
Amanda Lotts posted a reply on Re: Policy & Practice around service & emotiona...
Friday, Apr 24, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Said: Our outdoor living history museum has farm animals throughout the property, so we work very hard to keep out animals that aren't actual service animals. We always ask the 2 questions allowed under the ADA and post our policy on ou...
Stephanie Cramer posted a reply on Re: Policy & Practice around service & emotiona...
Friday, Apr 24, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Said: I would familiarize your staff on the ADA laws surrounding service dogs. Questions 25 and 26 may be helpful for you: htt...
Susan Ramspacher posted a new Topic
Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Policy & Practice around service & emotional support animals & museum animals
At Madison Children's Museum we have animals in our care & part of our exhibits - turtles, snake, chickens, and rabbits. We have always asked our visitors with service animals to not visit our rooftop where we keep the animals because the service animal might aggitate our animals. We have been receiving some push back from some visitors and are struggling to enforce the rule uniformly.
Is any other museum in this position? Can you share any policies or practices at your place?
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Is any other museum in this position? Can you share any policies or practices at your place?
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Michael Carr posted a reply on Re: Cleaning Product
Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Said: We have some vinyl composite tiles in our museum that get grungy regardless of how often or well we clean them. Once a year we have them stripped, cleaned and refinished. This usually removes all the grime that gets sealed in.
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