 Blockbuster exhibition, backbreaking label placement. Kinky design staff?
Although the space for this otherwise stellar exhibition was an amusing sea of bums whenever you looked up, it felt as though the standard label height caused two issues. Firstly, almost all visitors felt it necessary to bow, crouch, or somehow adjust their posture to read the labels, which over any length of time causes aches and pains (visible through a lot of people bracing, stretching out, etc). Secondly, the label height didn't easily allow for visitors to peer over/between the shoulders of anyone in front without looming or bending over them. The general public, naturally, don't think "I'll wait a mo" so it made for a very, close, experience, of unwanted contact, apology, near headbutts and oblivious unpleasant spatial intrusion. I can see the logic, I can understand searching for a medium ground for accessibility, also perhaps the desire to give the objects more space, I just wish it had gone though some more testing prior to use.
0 Comments
The sheer amount of handprints, finger prints, forehead prints and just oily bodily contact on the museum display cabinets... Have some people actually set the coming-out-of-lockdown goal of "Touch every feckin public surface I can find"?
 Judging by his reaction he'd never seen her move that fast before!
(Again, apologies for another cartoon a bit iffy in the colours, I'm using a different scanner and trying to adapt to what it picks up and how I then need to edit for clarity of image)  I may well edit this better in the future, but this was far too amusing to not share with you while English museums have only just reopened, and masks etc are still being worn.
What happens when the staff have had free run of their venue for some time, and are in a good mood after binge watching Disney+? Has your museum reopened this last week or so?
You may be more knackered than you realise. Your colleagues may be more knackered than you, or they, realise. 🥰 Be patient. With yourself, and those around you. 🌄 Add mental downtime breaks into your day. 👋 Ask people "Really, how are you?" and be open about how you're feeling yourself. You may find that feeling tired from working in your open museum again won't really hit you until you stop, so plan for gentle time when you are off work. Let friends and family know you may be mentally exhausted all of a sudden, and ask in advance for a little understanding. It was confirmed yesterday that in England, as of May 17th, indoor entertainment venues may reopen, in line with details such as the Rule of 6 or 2 households, social distancing etc, masks. Your museum, venue or gallery may have had plans for weeks, already announced a date for reopening, perhaps even be taking bookings and selling tickets. Or you may have had to wait for the confirmation of changes before your management were willing to confirm and say anything. You might even be in a difficult place of being unable to reopen, or unwilling to just yet. Either way, I bet that there's an uptick in your query emails, so to help as the same answers need to keep being provided in a chipper tone, how about a game of bingo?  |
Webcomic and occasional blog about the heritage sector. Follow The Attendant:Topics
All
AuthorAll text and images are produced by and copyright of the artist, holder of the domain name of attendantsview.com Archives
February 2023
|
RSS Feed
