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ACM Groupsite is the Association of Children's Museums' central hub online. It's a space where children's museum staff, stakeholders, and partners can view upcoming events from ACM, network with other children's museum professionals, and ask for advice, share ideas, and access resources on our discussion boards.
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The Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) is proud to partner with We Can Do This (https://wecandothis.hhs.gov/), the COVID-19 public education campaign of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACM will collaborate with children’s museums and related organizations across the U.S. to share critical information about the avail...
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Destructive Behavior
We run a hands-on discovery and science center in East Texas. In the last year, we have seen a major increase in destructive behavior from our visitors. We have had to replace many pieces of our exhibits in the last 6 months that we haven't usually had issues with. ( I have had to replace our pretend market cash registers three times in 6 months) . It seems as though parents are increasingly unbothered by this behavior and neglectful in supervising their kiddo...
Free Wifi in the Museum
We've been having more and more issues with guests not watching their kids and conflicts arising between parents because a child is misbehaving. While walking the floor, we see many parents on their phones (or even laptops) not paying attention to their little ones. We're trying to brainstorm ideas on how to mitigate this. We currently offer free wifi and are considering removing that perk. I'd love to hear some pros/cons to...
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