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The cost of upgrading/renovating an exhibit is tough to meet with  
donations of dollar bills and coins.
And, frankly, museum exhibits panhandling for change seems a serious  
distraction, not to mention a parting of the curtain that rightfully  
seperates the museum experience from the offices of administration  
and operations.


--Jason



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On Sep 24, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Eric Siegel wrote:

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> Because exhibits aren't cute and don't have big eyes?
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>> Our local zoo has an "adopt-an-animal" program to increase their  
>> funding (thankfully the animals aren't bedraggled-looking!), so  
>> why not an exhibit?
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>> Kimberly Collison
>> Health & Life Sciences Coordinator
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>> Love the something happens when you give. Wow and wonder for  
>> science museums
>> is perfect.
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>> I've always thought it would be funny [and yes, inappropriate] to  
>> do an
>> "adopt an exhibit" approach. Have a donation box next to a
>> bedraggled-looking exhibit.
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>> Maria
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>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Ed Sobey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> I think any donation box that reacts to a donation will be  
>>> successful. We
>>> added sound recordings to a 6' long fiberglass shark so when  
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>>> money into the mouth, "Jaws" would play or the shark would say  
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>>> was hugely successful. We later added a vortex disk for donations  
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>>> successful as it was, it didn't detract from the shark's success.
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>>> Ed
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