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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