Hi all. We have some toy boxes in the Art Gallery for families to use when they visit. They're now about 4 years old and have done reasonably well, but are about to be restocked to replace tired toys and tatty books. However, we have noticed that a significant number of the nicer toys, especially puppets have "gone missing." I witnessed today, for example, a young gentleman (aged about 19) attempting to walk out with our dolphin puppet! So, how do I stop this happening? I really don't want have to start "policing" them and locking them up - the layout of our building and the varied duties of our front of house staff means that it would be impractical to operate this kind of system. Plus the feedback that we get is that families really like the openness of them. I'm thinking I need to come up with some way of labelling things so people will be really embarrassed to walk out with them. Any ideas? Many thanks, Fiona Fiona Mair Learning Manager Museums and Galleries Education, Culture and Sport Aberdeen City Council Aberdeen Art Gallery Schoolhill Aberdeen AB10 1FQ Email [log in to unmask] Direct Dial 01224 523701 Fax 01224 632133 Tel 01224 522000 www.aberdeencity.gov.uk ( http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ ) www.aagm.co.uk ( http://www.aagm.co.uk/ ) www.facebook.com/AAGandM http://twitter.com/AbdnArtMuseums ( http://twitter.com/AbdnArtMuseums ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail (including any attachment to it) is confidential, protected by copyright and may be privileged. The information contained in it should be used for its intended purposes only. If you receive this e-mail in error, notify the sender by reply e-mail, delete the received e- mail and do not make use of, disclose or copy it. Whilst we take reasonable precautions to ensure that our emails are free from viruses, we cannot be responsible for any viruses transmitted with this e-mail and recommend that you subject any incoming e-mail to your own virus checking procedures. Unless related to Council business, the opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and they do not necessarily constitute those of Aberdeen City Council. Unless we expressly say otherwise in this e-mail or its attachments, neither this e-mail nor its attachments create, form part of or vary any contractual or unilateral obligation. Aberdeen City Council's incoming and outgoing e-mail is subject to regular monitoring. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +