This is from our Museum curator:
“Access is no different than other visitors (which include researchers). For museum collections, people correspond with a curator and decide what they’d like to see. They make an appointment with the curator (we don’t have reading room hours like archives). The visitor fills out a researcher form and shows ID. Their bags are lockered. The curator brings the requested items out and the visitor fills out a call sheet that lists the items they’re viewing and has rules for handling. I can’t say that any of our experience has been “overwhelming and stressful.””
Paul
Kaleigh – the overwhelming response from a few other people is that the general experience has not been overwhelming and stressful for staff or family members – can you give me a specific example of a problem you have witnessed.
Sara Andrews
Library Preservation Specialist
Wisconsin Historical Society