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Donna Saul Millen posted a reply on Re: Safety Inspections
Friday, Jun 24, 2022 at 3:08 PM
Said: We use our insurance company . . . they have risk management staff that assist and helps keep us compliant with them.
Jill Steif posted a new Topic
Friday, Jun 24, 2022 at 1:41 PM
Safety Inspections
Does anybody out there use someone to come in and do safety inspections? Anything from safety inspections of the building, floor and exhibits. Any feedback or recommendations would be helpful.
Thank you.
Jill Steif
Director of Operations
Building for Kids
Appleton, WI
Thank you.
Jill Steif
Director of Operations
Building for Kids
Appleton, WI
John Richardson posted a reply on Re: Large Plexiglass Enclosure?
Thursday, Jun 23, 2022 at 3:01 PM
Said: Thanks, Leah. In this situation, the vehicle will have to be enclosed. The owner has preserved it in the actual condition in which it crossed the finish line, and we can't afford to have it be altered. And in my time h...
Leah Murray posted a reply on Re: Large Plexiglass Enclosure?
Thursday, Jun 23, 2022 at 2:03 PM
Said: It isn't an enclosure, but a museum I went to had a sensor that would set off an alarm if you reached over the line towards an object. I don't know how practical that would be for a large object.. maybe a plexi surround up to three feet...
John Richardson posted a new Topic
Thursday, Jun 23, 2022 at 1:58 PM
Large Plexiglass Enclosure?
Greetings all!
We have the opportunity to add a quite unique racing car as an exhibit, but it needs to be displayed in a true museum sense of "look but don't touch," as opposed to a hands-on play experience. Does anyone have any experience(s) that they can share with this type of situation, i.e. encasing a large object in a thick plexiglass enclosure?
Thanks, so much!
John Richardson
Facilities & Exhibits Director
Greensboro Children's Museum
We have the opportunity to add a quite unique racing car as an exhibit, but it needs to be displayed in a true museum sense of "look but don't touch," as opposed to a hands-on play experience. Does anyone have any experience(s) that they can share with this type of situation, i.e. encasing a large object in a thick plexiglass enclosure?
Thanks, so much!
John Richardson
Facilities & Exhibits Director
Greensboro Children's Museum
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