We have a Fall and Spring Encampment where living history interpreters
"work" with school groups.  As our Spring Encampment nears, I've noticed
a decidedly 150 is the maximum amount of children the interpreters will take
at one time.  This group of 150 will break into smaller sets, usually 20-40 kids
in a set, and they take turns stopping at different locations in our compound
out of doors.  Any larger group just get too "out-of-control."  Our Curator of
Education usually takes on smaller groups by herself inside.  {:-Deb
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>Has anyone on this list conducted a study to determine the maximum
>capacity for school groups as it relates to the quality of the experience
>for both the school groups and other visitors to the museum? As our school
>group population increases every year we are concerned about the impact
>this increase will have on the quality of their experience as well as the
>impact it has on the quality of the experience of the other guests who are
>also at our site. We will be tracking this via teacher surveys, visitor
>surveys, interpreter interviews and monitoring wait time in front of each
>building but I am also interested in knowing if there any other published
>studies that we could look at.
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