Dinosaurs and humans

[Wainscotting]

They had better be closed on Sundays.

Saturdays, more correctly. In fact, take both days off, just to be sure.

 

[Zep]

Unfortunately, not quite. Many years ago, when I was at university, a group of friends and myself ran into a bunch of fundamentalists having one of these "religion correction tours" in the Melbourne Museum. We, as good science students, tailed them and loudly corrected their misinterpretations of the various displays. This lead to a confrontation, and both us and the fundies were thrown out by security. We laughed. It was fun.

Cheers,
TGHO

I remember something similar happening at the Australian Museum in Sydney, and the security staff hussled them out after a few heated complaints from other patrons.

The issue was not one of "free speech" but of sponsorship. Museums here are often sponsored heavily by various major industry and philosophical organisations, who receive considerable remuneration in kind - advertising, promotional displays, tag-lines, goodwill, etc. E.g. "BHP Australia presents...Japanese Art of the 17th Century" or somesuch, with a commensurate investment in TV advertising as well. And these organisations definitely do NOT want their sponsored displays portrayed negatively in public by blow-in ne'er-do-wells like roving fundies with an agenda annoying the visitors and getting a bum rap in the media. And neither does the museum management - they are always crying poor, and will protect their sponsors like angry mother tigers.

So the museum staff are usually VERY vigilant in ensuring no untoward behaviour occurs, such as fundie ranters. Hence my comment above - such "visitors" WILL be run out on a rail, immediately, and at considerable speed.

 

[Zep]

Saturdays, more correctly. In fact, take both days off, just to be sure.

Why not make it closed Monday to Friday as well, so they can prepare to preach on the weekend.

 

[sphenisc]

(Originally a Camarasurus head and an Apatasaurus body were erroneously joined to "create" the "Brontosaurus")

Not quite..

http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/faq/s-class/bronto/

 

[Wainscotting]

Why not make it closed Monday to Friday as well, so they can prepare to preach on the weekend.

Or sell it and build a hospital, school or, heavens forbid, a hospice. Something useful.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

So the museum staff are usually VERY vigilant in ensuring no untoward behaviour occurs, such as fundie ranters. Hence my comment above - such "visitors" WILL be run out on a rail, immediately, and at considerable speed.

You seem to be conflating someone making a scene (as a few have described above) and organized, polite "alternate view" tours. I was talking about the later, not a group of rabblerousers. I can't think of any museum in America without some sort of an agenda that would kick out a group of 5 to 10 people being led by someone with an alternate viewpoint who merely discussed amongst themselves as they toured the exhibit.

That's also what I was suggesting a group try at the Creation Musuem, not some sort of Fred Phelpsesque stunt.