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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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