> We have people that use the facility for rentals, and we donıt count them as > visitors unless they go into the museum itself. No matter which area they go > to; childrenıs museum, main museum, they are counted only once. We often have > large ³free day² functions for kids etc, that pulls in 1,000 people for that > event.. And we definitely count all those! > > 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 -- Yakima Valley Museum yakimavalleymuseum.org 509-248-0747 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).