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I have seen signs at some popular exhibits at a variety of museums
(especially the game-like exhibits) that say some version of "Please
limit your time at this exhibit to N minutes when others are waiting,"
where N is some small positive integer.  I always found that to be a
very reasonable request.  My personal patience with lines maxes out at a
wait:experience ratio of about 5:1. I wonder if anyone has studied the
question of how long people will happily wait.

Dave Smith, 

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	We have some very popular exhibits,- something not unheard of 
in science centers-and visitors are often unaware (it seems) of lines 
of visitors waiting behind them.

	Have you developed a strategy-a label, perhaps?- that you 
have found to be sucessful-or at least useful-to suggest that 
visitors be aware of people waiting to use the exhibit?

Martin
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Martin Weiss, Ph.D
Vice President, Science
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111 th Street
Corona, New York 11368
718 699 0005 x 356

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