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Stephen Hermes posted a new Topic
Monday, Jul 19, 2021 at 2:34 PM
Shuttered Venue Grants - Fixed Seating Requirement
Has any Museum received the SVOG even though it does not have fixed audience seating?
Riley Brown posted a reply on Re: Asking Guests to Leave
Thursday, Jul 15, 2021 at 2:55 PM
Said: We've had this problem a handful of times. We do a three-strike system. If they've been asked to keep their mask on properly by staff, the third time becomes "if you refuse to wear your mask, we need you to leave." We try to make sure i...
Elise Park posted a reply on Re: Asking Guests to Leave
Thursday, Jul 15, 2021 at 1:45 PM
Said: ServSafe (a restaurant/food safety training provider) has a nice (short) training module that covers some basic components of de-escalating conflict that might be helpful. It's free and hopefully helps to give you some ideas of th...
Sarah Coleman posted a reply on Re: Asking Guests to Leave
Thursday, Jul 15, 2021 at 11:46 AM
Said: We require masks as well. We have a three strikes policy. If we have to ask the same person (99% of the time it's an adult guest) to wear a mask more than three times we discreetly call security or a manager to remove our staff from a p...
Bob Ingrassia posted a new Topic
Thursday, Jul 15, 2021 at 10:21 AM
Phasing out timed ticketing, but holding on to online sales?
Like most museums, Minnesota Children's Museum reopened with limited capacity and a timed entry requirement for all visitors, including members. One bonus of this system was that we were able to gather much more information about general visitors (non-members) than normal because they were required to buy tickets online in advance. We recently dropped the reservation requirement for members, and are getting ready to drop it for general visitors, too. We're having discussions about trying...
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