Dear Colleagues,

I am interested in finding out what "rules of thumb" there are out in the
museum field. For example:

SPEND PER HEAD.  What calculations do you use to figure out what overall
spending people will do in addition to the entrance fee.

EXHIBIT COSTS PER SQUARE FOOT.  I have asked my colleagues and we use
currently anywhere from $200 to $500 depending on highly technical the
exhibition will be.  But the art folks use a different number.  This
excludes the internal cost of salaries.  What are you currently using?

PERCENT COST OF FUNDRAISING IN CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.  Colleagues are using
10-20%.  What are you using.

What other rules of thumb are there.  Are there ratio between staff and
attendance?, Percentage of earned to unearned income?  Anything else.

I will compile the answers you send me either to the list or off line and
repost the conclusions for everyone on the list.

Thanks.  Elaine Heumann Gurian >
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