Hi Phyllis,
This could be a typical case for (the beloved) barcode on tickets. Sell
diverse tickets (for diverse groups), control the tickets at the entries
of each section, then analyse the result - and you will were people
went. Some intelligent software can also find out how lonmg they stayed.
So it's not only counting visitors - learn to know your visitors.

Christian


"Phyllis Oppenheim" <[log in to unmask]> schrieb:
We were discussing at our staff meeting how to better count our
visitors.  We wondered what other facilities do.
 
We have visitors to our museum, planetarium, and observatory;
organizations who use our banquet/conference hall:  school groups;   
and those who visit a combination thereof. 
We wondered how other facilities count these people.  If they come to
the museum and then go 
to the planetarium are they counted 2 times?  If it is a school group
and they do the museum educational program, planetarium and observatory
is each child, teacher, parent volunteer counted 3 times?  If they are
coming to see a planetarium progam and spend 1 minute in the museum are
they counted 2 times.  If they come in, leave and return are they
counted 2 times?
Or as they enter the building is that the only time they are counted.
 
Does anyone know of a research project on this?
 
Thanks for your help,
Phyllis Oppenheim
Collections Manager
 
 


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