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Does anyone have positive experiences to report with admission stickers or other alternatives to badges? We currently use small plastic hang-tag badges for our visitors to wear while onsite; naturally, quite a few are not returned to the "badge baskets" we put around our facility at exits.  We're looking for a cost-effective and visitor-friendly replacement.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

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Robin Sarratt
Vice President
LancasterHistory.org
Lancaster PA
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Original Message------

Does anyone have positive experiences to report with admission stickers or other alternatives to badges? We currently use small plastic hang-tag badges for our visitors to wear while onsite; naturally, quite a few are not returned to the "badge baskets" we put around our facility at exits.  We're looking for a cost-effective and visitor-friendly replacement.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

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Robin Sarratt
Vice President
LancasterHistory.org
Lancaster PA
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Original Message------

Stickers don't always stick to clothing.  You will find stickers on the floor, stuck to wall, signs and other areas they shouldn't.

 

On our special event weekends we use plastic wristbands similar to what a hospital uses. They are relatively inexpensive and highly visible.  We use a different color each day of the event. The downside is that it requires that someone put it on the individual coming in. We can have 2000 people a day during these events. We have 3 registers collecting admissions and another 2 or 3 people dedicated to snapping on the wrist bands. We have never had any complaints from our visitors. They can be unsnapped (a little tricky) or simply cut after the visit is over. Some wristbands cannot be reused which is a plus. We use solid colors but they can be imprinted with your institution's logo.
We use National Ticket Company. 



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Lawrence Starr
Museum Manager
American Airpower Museum
Farmingdale NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-16-2017 02:09 PM
From: Robin Sarratt
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

Does anyone have positive experiences to report with admission stickers or other alternatives to badges? We currently use small plastic hang-tag badges for our visitors to wear while onsite; naturally, quite a few are not returned to the "badge baskets" we put around our facility at exits.  We're looking for a cost-effective and visitor-friendly replacement.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

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Robin Sarratt
Vice President
LancasterHistory.org
Lancaster PA
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We use admission stickers without problems. Sure, they occasionally fall off, etc, but overall it's easy to print in house and inexpensive. We also have a special "pirate kitty" sticker for kids that they love.

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Lauren Silberman
Deputy Director
Historic London Town and Gardens
Edgewater MD
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-18-2017 12:31 PM
From: Lawrence Starr
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

On our special event weekends we use plastic wristbands similar to what a hospital uses. They are relatively inexpensive and highly visible.  We use a different color each day of the event. The downside is that it requires that someone put it on the individual coming in. We can have 2000 people a day during these events. We have 3 registers collecting admissions and another 2 or 3 people dedicated to snapping on the wrist bands. We have never had any complaints from our visitors. They can be unsnapped (a little tricky) or simply cut after the visit is over. Some wristbands cannot be reused which is a plus. We use solid colors but they can be imprinted with your institution's logo.
We use National Ticket Company. 

Lawrence Starr

American Airpower Museum

Republic Airport

1230 New Highway

Farmingdale, NY 11735

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Lawrence Starr
Museum Manager
American Airpower Museum
Farmingdale NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-16-2017 02:09 PM
From: Robin Sarratt
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

Does anyone have positive experiences to report with admission stickers or other alternatives to badges? We currently use small plastic hang-tag badges for our visitors to wear while onsite; naturally, quite a few are not returned to the "badge baskets" we put around our facility at exits.  We're looking for a cost-effective and visitor-friendly replacement.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

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Robin Sarratt
Vice President
LancasterHistory.org
Lancaster PA
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Good Morning! We use admission stickers for all of our group visitors and they do fall off or get stuck to walls or exhibit devices. All of our individual visitors receive a paper wristband. Both are imprinted with our logo and institution name, and several different colors are used on a rotating basis.

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Melissa Fleming
Group Sales Manager
The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-16-2017 02:09 PM
From: Robin Sarratt
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

Does anyone have positive experiences to report with admission stickers or other alternatives to badges? We currently use small plastic hang-tag badges for our visitors to wear while onsite; naturally, quite a few are not returned to the "badge baskets" we put around our facility at exits.  We're looking for a cost-effective and visitor-friendly replacement.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

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Robin Sarratt
Vice President
LancasterHistory.org
Lancaster PA
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We use wristbands. We can color code them by the day and by the group in order to more easily identify visitors. They are inexpensive. We have bar codes which identify visitors at interactive stations in galleries. Eventually, we hope to move to RFID instead of barcodes for better visitor tracking and delivery of digital media.

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Heidi Quicksilver
Interim Vice President of Technology
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-16-2017 02:09 PM
From: Robin Sarratt
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

Does anyone have positive experiences to report with admission stickers or other alternatives to badges? We currently use small plastic hang-tag badges for our visitors to wear while onsite; naturally, quite a few are not returned to the "badge baskets" we put around our facility at exits.  We're looking for a cost-effective and visitor-friendly replacement.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

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Robin Sarratt
Vice President
LancasterHistory.org
Lancaster PA
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Boscobel house and gardens has used stickers for years and they seem to work well.  Our admission desk folks caution against sticking them to leather or suade.  Our visitors have no difficulty with them.  They do very occasionally fall off.  One off-site plus happens when people forget to remove them and they are seen in shops and restaurants in town.  This, of course, reinforces the economic role Boscobel plays here.

Steve

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Steven Miller
Executive Director
Boscobel House and Gardens
Garrison NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-20-2017 11:37 AM
From: Heidi Quicksilver
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

We use wristbands. We can color code them by the day and by the group in order to more easily identify visitors. They are inexpensive. We have bar codes which identify visitors at interactive stations in galleries. Eventually, we hope to move to RFID instead of barcodes for better visitor tracking and delivery of digital media.

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Heidi Quicksilver
Interim Vice President of Technology
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-16-2017 02:09 PM
From: Robin Sarratt
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

Does anyone have positive experiences to report with admission stickers or other alternatives to badges? We currently use small plastic hang-tag badges for our visitors to wear while onsite; naturally, quite a few are not returned to the "badge baskets" we put around our facility at exits.  We're looking for a cost-effective and visitor-friendly replacement.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

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Robin Sarratt
Vice President
LancasterHistory.org
Lancaster PA
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One downside of stickers is that people do forget they're wearing them, and then when they notice, they tend to stick them on public infrastructure nearby the museum (electrical boxes, light posts). Depending on your setting, this may or may not become a nuisance.

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Michelle Moon
Director of Interpretation and Program Evaluation
The Newark Museum
Newark NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-21-2017 09:14 AM
From: Steven Miller
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

Boscobel house and gardens has used stickers for years and they seem to work well.  Our admission desk folks caution against sticking them to leather or suade.  Our visitors have no difficulty with them.  They do very occasionally fall off.  One off-site plus happens when people forget to remove them and they are seen in shops and restaurants in town.  This, of course, reinforces the economic role Boscobel plays here.

Steve

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Steven Miller
Executive Director
Boscobel House and Gardens
Garrison NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-20-2017 11:37 AM
From: Heidi Quicksilver
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

We use wristbands. We can color code them by the day and by the group in order to more easily identify visitors. They are inexpensive. We have bar codes which identify visitors at interactive stations in galleries. Eventually, we hope to move to RFID instead of barcodes for better visitor tracking and delivery of digital media.

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Heidi Quicksilver
Interim Vice President of Technology
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-16-2017 02:09 PM
From: Robin Sarratt
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

Does anyone have positive experiences to report with admission stickers or other alternatives to badges? We currently use small plastic hang-tag badges for our visitors to wear while onsite; naturally, quite a few are not returned to the "badge baskets" we put around our facility at exits.  We're looking for a cost-effective and visitor-friendly replacement.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

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Robin Sarratt
Vice President
LancasterHistory.org
Lancaster PA
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We use stickers at the Metal Museum.  My suggestion is to get a larger sticker (more surface area = more stick and visibility).  Our stickers are maybe 1/2" circles, and we often find ones that have fallen off on the floors or grounds.  We actually don't have too many issues with people purposefully sticking their used stickers where they don't belong.  We use a local company and the stickers just have our logo on them.

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Frances Winfrey
Development Manager
National Ornamental Metal Museum
Memphis, TN
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-22-2017 09:13 AM
From: Michelle Moon
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

One downside of stickers is that people do forget they're wearing them, and then when they notice, they tend to stick them on public infrastructure nearby the museum (electrical boxes, light posts). Depending on your setting, this may or may not become a nuisance.

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Michelle Moon
Director of Interpretation and Program Evaluation
The Newark Museum
Newark NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-21-2017 09:14 AM
From: Steven Miller
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

Boscobel house and gardens has used stickers for years and they seem to work well.  Our admission desk folks caution against sticking them to leather or suade.  Our visitors have no difficulty with them.  They do very occasionally fall off.  One off-site plus happens when people forget to remove them and they are seen in shops and restaurants in town.  This, of course, reinforces the economic role Boscobel plays here.

Steve

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Steven Miller
Executive Director
Boscobel House and Gardens
Garrison NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-20-2017 11:37 AM
From: Heidi Quicksilver
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

We use wristbands. We can color code them by the day and by the group in order to more easily identify visitors. They are inexpensive. We have bar codes which identify visitors at interactive stations in galleries. Eventually, we hope to move to RFID instead of barcodes for better visitor tracking and delivery of digital media.

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Heidi Quicksilver
Interim Vice President of Technology
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-16-2017 02:09 PM
From: Robin Sarratt
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

Does anyone have positive experiences to report with admission stickers or other alternatives to badges? We currently use small plastic hang-tag badges for our visitors to wear while onsite; naturally, quite a few are not returned to the "badge baskets" we put around our facility at exits.  We're looking for a cost-effective and visitor-friendly replacement.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

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Robin Sarratt
Vice President
LancasterHistory.org
Lancaster PA
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Original Message------

One downside of stickers is that people do forget they're wearing them, and then when they notice, they tend to stick them on public infrastructure nearby the museum (electrical boxes, light posts). Depending on your setting, this may or may not become a nuisance.

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Michelle Moon
Director of Interpretation and Program Evaluation
The Newark Museum
Newark NJ
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Our museums and the national parks next door all use stickers, and front line staff are constantly picking them up. For special events we sometimes use wristbands; they're more expensive than stickers, but they stay put and don't leave marks on your visitors' clothes.

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Jay Templin
Museum Interpretive Site Supervisor
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Williamsburg VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-16-2017 02:09 PM
From: Robin Sarratt
Subject: Admission stickers vs. badges

Does anyone have positive experiences to report with admission stickers or other alternatives to badges? We currently use small plastic hang-tag badges for our visitors to wear while onsite; naturally, quite a few are not returned to the "badge baskets" we put around our facility at exits.  We're looking for a cost-effective and visitor-friendly replacement.  I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

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Robin Sarratt
Vice President
LancasterHistory.org
Lancaster PA
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