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On Jun 21, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Wendy Pollock wrote:

> Last week, there was an exchange about public Internet access in  
> museums. Bob and others seemed to be saying they'd like to avoid the  
> "Internet cafe" atmosphere. I'm curious about why.


We were wondering if a public wifi connection would encourage parents  
(and teens) to sit on the sidelines and surf the web or catch up on  
email while their children/younger siblings were engaged in the  
exhibits, rather than participating with them. I believe there were a  
couple of responses to that question that brought this up.

We don't actually have a cafe. If we did that would be a good place to  
catch up on email, probably. The exhibit floor, maybe not so much.

So I guess the question might instead be "is it appropriate to  
encourage wireless Internet usage by museum visitors on the exhibit  
floor?"

Bob Raiselis
Montshire Museum of Science

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