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Speaking of maps:  For delivery of info to visitors at the gate does  
any museum that you know of hand out a literal menu?   We are all used  
to getting menus at restaurants, why not get a menu of the museum?  The  
social implications of this are very good: we are here to serve you.    
If nothing else, having the map of the museum in a menu that visitors  
give back at the end of the visit saves printing costs.  But the menu  
can easily contain other info, such as suggested servings for  
particular patrons, like a parent bringing a six year old, or  
teenagers.

Last but not least it can include what exhibits make great desserts.    
What's the best flavor to end a museum visit on?  :-)

Clifford Wagner


On Mar 23, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Sarah Hunt wrote:

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> Please send me your venue map - the one that's for your visitors and is
> probably handed out when they enter your building to help them find  
> their
> way around.
>
> I am looking for examples of the good, the bad, the ugly (and the
> beautiful) as well as the useful and the not-so-useful, for a potential
> research project.
>
> If you have a few words to add about the design and evolution of the  
> map,
> your personal opinion of its effectiveness or feedback from visitors,  
> all
> the better.
>
> I'd prefer the printed version that your visitors use, so please post  
> it
> to the address below.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Sarah Hunt
>
> Visitor Studies Curator
>
> Riverside Museum project: Museum of Transport, 1 Bunhouse Road,  
> Glasgow,
> G3 8DP, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)141 287 2679.
>
> www.glasgowmuseums.com
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