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AMEN!!!  Think about what it's like for those of us in smaller places...
Beryl

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>Peter,
>         Boy I wish that could be true in most places... but
>in my years at Pacific Science Center, we had only 3
>guys to cover the 7 day a week 10 hour a day operation
>for more than 100,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space.  Now admittedly
>we had some other staff in the metal and wood shops they
>could call on when things went really wrong, but there never
>seemed to be enough money to get the numbers any higher
>than that.
>
>         The import  thing I found was to find folks who were
>generalists rather than specialists... and good at finding
>solutions rather than problems.
>
>         Unless you are the Smithsonian, I doubt that anyone
>has enough staff to support their operations, and they would
>probably argue that they don't either...
>
>David
>
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>>  From: "Peter A. Anderson" <[log in to unmask]>
>>  Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:05:23 -0500
>>  Subject: Exhibit maintenance and upgrading costs
>>
>>  Philipe,  hi!
>>
>>  I have a rule of thumb that 10,000 sq. ft. of substantially interactive
>>  exhibition takes 3 people to maintain.  2 - 2.5 of these people have a tool
>>  pack on their belts;  the rest is overhead - management, accounting, design
>>  and fabrication (for those exhibits that are unmaintainable and just must
>>  be changed), graphics (for those graphics which just must be changed) etc.
>>
>>  Many people think that this is a high estimate - but I think that they
>>  haven't added up all the bits.  Most science centers are open 1.6 times a
>>  person-year of 236 days, so quite a few of these maintenance people must be
>>  part-timers.
>>
>>  Good luck!
>>
>>  Peter Anderson
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