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Susan Foutz posted a reply on Re: Children or Kids? What is the right term t...
Friday, Mar 11, 2022 at 9:17 AM
Said: We say "children" in all of our promotional and marketing materials and formal announcements, usually in the context of "children and families" or "children and adults". When staff are on the floor talking to visitors, we use the more g...
Jonathan Foerster posted a reply on Re: Additional Adult / Caregiver Membership Ben...
Thursday, Mar 10, 2022 at 5:12 PM
Said: Hi Melissa,We just changed our memberships and allow additional adults as an add-on for all but our most basic level of membership, but we don't offer any membership with more than two adults as an option.We do not allow sub...
Melissa Motyer posted a new Topic
Thursday, Mar 10, 2022 at 4:32 PM
Additional Adult / Caregiver Membership Benefits
Hi all! We are considering some changes to our Membership structure and were curious how other Museum’s treat Membership levels that offer a 3rd named adult for additional caregivers or babysitters. I’d appreciate any thoughts on the following questions! Thanks!
- If you offer a Membership level with 3 named adults, is the 3rd adult the only benefit of that level, or are there additional benefits compared to a 2-adult level?
- If you offer additional benefi...
Susan Buck posted a new Topic
Thursday, Mar 10, 2022 at 1:59 AM
Indoor sound exhibits
Does anyone have experience designing or managing an indoor sound exhibit? We are in the very beginning stages and still fine-tuning our key questions and goals. We are a small children's gallery within a medium-sized museum. We are working with our local symphony and an artist that builds wooden percussion instruments, mostly marimbas. We need to be careful with the noise level and are looking into ways to isolate sound in a small area. Any ideas, suggestions, and examples are greatly a...
Amelia Reising posted a reply on Re: Children or Kids? What is the right term t...
Wednesday, Mar 9, 2022 at 4:26 PM
Said: We use interchangeably. I think "kids" is great for casual events and announcements, whereas "children" is more formal. Whichever we choose, everyone knows we're not talking about goats. There are bunches of museums who even use the wor...
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