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The Musuem of the Earth has a docent guide to dealing with visitors who are
persistent in their objections/questioning of evolution.
However, I don't think they deal with hecklers.
I think you ask them politely to save their comments until the end and also
suggest that they are interfering with others in the program. In the
extreme
you could ask your security people to help.
Our experience in NY with he film and an exhibition on evolution has been
very quiet though I don't know who avoided the film and the exhibition
because of their beliefs. But experiences may vary depending upon geographic
location. When we were prototyping the evolution exhibition in Lancaster we
had problems;
nothing aggressive just I don't want my children to hear about this (that
the Earth is billions of years old).
Frankly, you could have as many objections to the movie from evolutionists
as from creationists.
Best of luck,
Martin
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Scott LaGreca <
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> Dear Colleagues,
>
> This coming Sunday is the 150th anniversary of Darwin's seminal
> publication "On the Origin of Species". Our museum is going to be
> showing the controversial, award-winning documentary film by entitled
> "Flock of Dodos" by Randy Olson (2005).
>
> The last time we had a similar event, we had one heckler (a Creationist)
> in the audience.
> The person eventually left on his own accord, but we (staff) were a
> little shocked and unprepared.
>
> I would like to be better prepared this time. Does anyone have any
> suggestions, from personal experience, of how our staff can properly
> respond to hecklers/trouble-makers at this sort of scientific program?
>
> I have a feeling this subject has been broached on this listserver
> before: I will search the archives. But if you would like to respond,
> please do (please send responses to my persona email account). Thanks in
> advance for any advice you can give.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Scott LaGreca
>
> Scott LaGreca, PhD
> Natural Science Coordinator
> Berkshire Museum
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