ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** Hey Folks, I am wondering if anyone has ever tried to pulse people into an exhibit space using a range of times rather than a specific time? For example, with a range of times, a ticket would be sold whose stated entry time is some time frame (e.g., 10am to 11am, 11am to Noon, &c.) whereas a specific time would be the more traditional discrete entry time (e.g., 10:00 am, 10:15 am, 10:30am, &c.) The reason I ask is that we want to "pulse" people through the entrance of the exhibit at a regulated rate, but we do not have a corresponding plan to pulse people out of the exhibit, which might lead to a clogged up exhibit space before long. We are concerned that if we sell tickets with specific entry times that people will have the expectation of beginning their exhibit experience more or less at the time printed on their ticket--and we cannot guarantee that with the current plan. This is a very real problem that we encountered during our hosting of the Titanic exhibit. We hit on the range of times as one possible solution (we would control the ticket allocations to help distribute the load to different time frames), but we'd like to hear from others about it--as well as any other solutions to this problem. Thanks, Kurt Kurt Koller | Visitor Services Manager | Pacific Science Center ph: 206-443-2875 | fax: 206-443-3631 | [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]