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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.
Roberta Reilly posted a reply on Re: Funded Field Trips
Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Said: This is so exciting!At the Seacoast Science Center, we have a Coastal Education Fund (primarily donor-supported) that we reserve for Title I schools. Each school fills out an application and we cover anywhere from 20–100% of cos...
Ann Doyle posted a reply on Re: Funded Field Trips
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Said: Hi Sarah,Over the past four years, we have been fortunate to partner with a bank to help partially fund field trips for preschool and kindergarten children. We also received some private donations during this t...
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