UKC

National Library of Scotland.

The exhibition will run from 10 July 2021 to 28 May 2022. Free but must be booked.

https://www.nls.uk/exhibitions/petticoats-and-pinnacles/

I'm exasperated by this booking thing with museums and galleries. Asda doesn't require it. I can go to Aldi and mingle with dozens of other punters admiring the produce. They display the number of people allowed into their stores - it's usually hundreds. 
So what is it... let's crack down where we can but don't need to?

The NLS exhibition area is a fairly small space.

Must be bigger than Musselburgh Aldi - 146 allowed in! 

Traceability and load balancing.

Not in Aldi! Or any other shop. Definitely no traceability. Possibly digital head counting.
The footfall in galleries and museums must be infinitesimal compared to retail. A click counter would suffice. There's always someone at the door.

I have no idea about the Aldi in Musselburgh. But the exhibition space in the NLS is small, and bear in mind that this is busy tourist season so there'll be plenty of potential walk-ups.

I am not defending the protocols (if any) in shops. But having to book in advance for this exhibition makes sense to me.

No, the museums. Where you mill about and can be in close contact with someone for a while.

I'm an inveterate museum and gallery goer and that's not how it works. You are describing the Aldi experience.

Anyway I'm talking generally. There are always shows that have had booking as they attract crowds. You don't normally experience that, and certainly not being in close contact with anyone for a while.

I think if you're behaving like that in Aldi you might be asked not to return.

Haha! They won't even ask you to wear a mask. If you can find an Aldi (or any other shop) that actually has shoppers practicing social distancing you are very lucky.