Comments on: Smoking not allowed!! http://www.museummarketing.info/2008/09/smoking-not-allowed/ Museum Marketing Blog (in cloggy English) Sun, 20 May 2012 08:23:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dimitry van den Berg http://www.museummarketing.info/2008/09/smoking-not-allowed/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Dimitry van den Berg Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:54:00 +0000 http://bergtop.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/smoking-not-allowed/#comment-4 I could use my own museum (Tropenmuseum) as an example. We have five different non-smoking signs (ranging from the seventies until the end of the nineties). But what I loved about the museum in Brugge is the esthetical way the signs were arranged. I could use my own museum (Tropenmuseum) as an example. We have five different non-smoking signs (ranging from the seventies until the end of the nineties). But what I loved about the museum in Brugge is the esthetical way the signs were arranged.

]]> By: Nina Simon http://www.museummarketing.info/2008/09/smoking-not-allowed/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Nina Simon Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:08:00 +0000 http://bergtop.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/smoking-not-allowed/#comment-3 Great post. I too go crazy with our prohibitions, but I wonder if inconsistency and lack of clarity aren't a bigger problem than the rules themselves.<br/><br/>In some museums you can take photos. In some you can take video. In some museums, it varies from gallery to gallery. I was in an art museum last week and was told I couldn't wear my backpack... on my back. I could wear it on my front or drag it, or put it in an open, unwatched coatroom. I cut my visit short because I felt uncomfortable physically and emotionally entering each gallery, wondering what the guards would tell me I couldn't do next. <br/><br/>Feeling uncertain about the rules is never comfortable. It exacerbates the problem of people feeling generally unsure about how to behave in museums. At least with traffic lights I know what I'm supposed to do. Great post. I too go crazy with our prohibitions, but I wonder if inconsistency and lack of clarity aren’t a bigger problem than the rules themselves.

In some museums you can take photos. In some you can take video. In some museums, it varies from gallery to gallery. I was in an art museum last week and was told I couldn’t wear my backpack… on my back. I could wear it on my front or drag it, or put it in an open, unwatched coatroom. I cut my visit short because I felt uncomfortable physically and emotionally entering each gallery, wondering what the guards would tell me I couldn’t do next.

Feeling uncertain about the rules is never comfortable. It exacerbates the problem of people feeling generally unsure about how to behave in museums. At least with traffic lights I know what I’m supposed to do.

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