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Rachel Dody posted a new Topic
Tuesday, Feb 13, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Community Survey Examples
Has your museum done a community survey? If so would you be willing to share the questions you asked?
Our emerging museum is putting a community survey together to gather information on community interest in / support of a children's museum to share with our city council as we try to secure a long term lease of city property through their competitive RFP process.
We've had lots of conversations and are finding lots of supportive community members but thi...
Our emerging museum is putting a community survey together to gather information on community interest in / support of a children's museum to share with our city council as we try to secure a long term lease of city property through their competitive RFP process.
We've had lots of conversations and are finding lots of supportive community members but thi...
Rachel Hamilton posted a new Topic
Monday, Feb 12, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Museum Attendance and Membership
Hello friends,
Just looking to get a pulse on where children's museums are with attendance and membership numbers these days as compared both with pre-pandemic and more recent years (2022-2023). We've been talking about how being back at "pre-pandemic" levels may not be the right metric for success. Would love to know if others have insights into the factors they've been discussing about family spending habits or other economic factors influencing decisions to visit a ...
Just looking to get a pulse on where children's museums are with attendance and membership numbers these days as compared both with pre-pandemic and more recent years (2022-2023). We've been talking about how being back at "pre-pandemic" levels may not be the right metric for success. Would love to know if others have insights into the factors they've been discussing about family spending habits or other economic factors influencing decisions to visit a ...
Sarah Smith posted a reply on Re: Asset labeling to reduce property loss
Thursday, Feb 8, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Said: We have placed stickers on the inside or back cover of our booksWe have also used sharpie to mark things with our initialsWe have just accepted that things will wander and hope they come back
Mike Schmidt posted a reply on Re: Membership Perks?
Thursday, Feb 8, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Said: Hi Meghan, I'm from Discovery Gateway Children's Museum. I'm currently doing a similar research and have noticed that we offer similar amenities to other museums, including unlimited museum visits, free parking for up to 2 hours, discou...
Blythe Romano posted a new Topic
Thursday, Feb 8, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Museum Virtual Programming: Community Engagement and Outreach at Children's Museums
You are invited to participate in a research survey about your museum’s community engagement and outreach efforts during the last fiscal year.
We will be using this information for an ACM Trends Report on the state of community engagement and outreach at children's museums, with special attention to innovations and efforts that build trust with visitors and your wider communit...
We will be using this information for an ACM Trends Report on the state of community engagement and outreach at children's museums, with special attention to innovations and efforts that build trust with visitors and your wider communit...
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