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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The great thing about art museums is that you can get close enough to touch incredibly valuable works of art.  One of my favorite paintings is the large Jackson Pollock in the East Wing.  It would certainly fetch north of $10 million at auction and I can walk right up and stand within about a foot of it.

But we can only have that privilege if nobody actually does touch the art.  There are no exceptions for toddlers or for people who aren't paying attention to where they are walking, or for people with mental problems or anyone else.  Even if your kid is well trained, not every kid is, and as readers of DCUM it should come as no surprise that parents feel entitled when it comes to their kids.  They're just kids, after all.

So on balance, I'd rather have people be yelled at occasionally (and I have been -- for many minor transgressions) than have to view the art set four feet back in the wall behind thick plexiglass (like the Mona Lisa), because someone was allowed to get too close who shouldn't have been.

Think about it:  next time you go you will be even more careful to make sure your kids don't do something that the guards won't like.  Frankly, that's better for all of us.[/quote]

This is OP again.  As I explained my child is only 3 years old.  He couldn't even REACH the art work in question even if he tried.  It was way above his head.  Also, I was more upset that having made my child cry the guard wouldn't even give me a single minute to calm him down before barking at me to take him outside.  My son cried, not particularly loudly, for about 30 seconds until I could comfort him at which time he was quiet.  He was not disrupting anyone and I would have voluntarily taken him out if he was.  It was completely uncalled for on both counts.[/quote]

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