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Haley Yetter posted a reply on Re: Field trip early arrivals
Thursday, Mar 14, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Said: Hey Jessica! Haley Yetter here from Louisville, KY, Kentucky Science Center. I do Safety & Security here and recently implemented a policy addressing this for this exact reason! And also, because downtown Louisville has...
Jessica Brubaker posted a new Topic
Thursday, Mar 14, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Field trip early arrivals
Good morning, all!
Here's a very in the weeds question but one that we've been wrestling with lately. How do your museums handle field trips that arrive early? We routinely have groups arrive 30 minutes head of their scheduled field trip start time, which causes a scramble here - we aren't always ready for them, with staff in place. Do you make them wait on the bus? Wait outside regardless of weather (not very doable here on many days)? Let them in but have them wait somepla...
Here's a very in the weeds question but one that we've been wrestling with lately. How do your museums handle field trips that arrive early? We routinely have groups arrive 30 minutes head of their scheduled field trip start time, which causes a scramble here - we aren't always ready for them, with staff in place. Do you make them wait on the bus? Wait outside regardless of weather (not very doable here on many days)? Let them in but have them wait somepla...
Kristen Nieves posted a reply on Re: Fire Exhibit - Do you have a fire pole?
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Said: We have one at Glazer Children's Museum - super popular exhibit. The pole lands on a wide raised platform with fall-rated foam padding. We keep a sign next to ours that says ages 5 and up, mainly because the circumference of the pole an...
Renee Wasser-Warncke posted a reply on Re: Fire Exhibit - Do you have a fire pole?
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Said: We have one here at the Staten Island Children's Museum. It is tremendously popular! If you have any questions about it, feel free to reach out: rwasser@sichildrensmuseum.org.
Julie Goodwin posted a reply on Re: Fire Exhibit - Do you have a fire pole?
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Said: Our fire museum has a kid-size pole in our future firefighter training academy play area. It is a huge hit with children AND adults! We also have 2 original poles that we use for demonstration by our firefighter tour guides. <...
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