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We have plastic strip doors at the two entrances to our Mars exhibition. They are full-length, red plastic. They were intended mainly as a visual element to draw attention to the exhibit entrances, but they also contain sound-bleed pretty well.
The strips seem to have the intended effect of catching visitors' attention and creating some curiosity about what's beyond the doorway. Visitors don't seem reluctant to walk through . They also provide an unforeseen but very entertaining activity for young visitors (toddlers up to ~5 yrs), who love to run back and forth through the strips in a variation on peek-a-boo.
-Tamara
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Tamara Schwarz, Exhibits Manager
Chabot Space & Science Center
10000 Skyline Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94619
phone: (510) 336-7349
fax: (510) 336-7491
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www.chabotspace.org
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From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue Allen
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 2:48 PM
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Subject: strip-doors for acoustic separation
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Does anyone have experience with the use of strip-doors (hanging plastic =
strips) for reducing
sound bleed on the floor? We're using them to help create quiet spaces f= or individual exhibits. I'd love to know anything about people's experience with them, but in par=
ticular:
* What are your criteria for when to use them, as opposed to a hinged= door?
* Have you always used full-length ones, or shorter (which seem to work= nearly as well
acoustically)?
* Do you know whether they tend to discourage visitors from entering th= e space, or whether
vistiors feel weird, as if they're in a meat locker, etc?
Thanks for any responses to the list or offline.
Sue Allen
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