Extended hours especially connected to programming has worked in our experience. I would qualify that to say that if a program ended at 8pm then 9pm may be late enough. It would depend on the size of the program audience.

Darrell D. Stover
Program Officer and Statewide Coordinator Museum on Main Street
North Carolina Humanities Council
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Greensboro, NC  27401
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From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Theresa J. Wallace
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 11:31 AM
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Subject: Extended hours for a MOMS exhibit?

Hello fellow MoMS folks:

One of our local communities is considering offering extended hours on Friday evenings for New Harmonies - until 10:00 p.m. They will have programming on Friday evenings that ends at 8:00 p.m., and the idea is that people may want to visit the exhibit afterwards.

Have any of your local sites had success with extended evening hours? This local SC site wanted feedback before making the final decision to offer the extended hours.

Thanks for any insight that you can provide!

Best regards,
T.J.

Theresa J. Wallace (T.J.)
Grants & Programs Officer
The Humanities Council SC
P.O. Box 5287, Columbia, SC 29250
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