Dear Listers
My museum has been closed since December 2007 to
enable major redevelopment to take place. Prior to this we offered a very
successful education service, and during the closure our education staff have
worked hard to maintain our education figures by going into schools with
objects. This has proved very popular, as it is not only cheaper, but the
schools don’t have the hassle of arranging an out of school visit, such
as hiring coaches and completing risk assessment forms.
We are now tasked with creating a new education
service for when we reopen in spring 2010, which has to include a continuation
of our outreach service as well as in-house sessions. Even though we will
have a new museum and education suite, we are concerned that we are going to
have real trouble trying to get schools back through the doors.
Do any of you out there have any suggestions of what
we can do to entice them back? Do you have any experiences that you would
like to share?
As an aside to this, our education service is both
income and user number driven – do you think it is more important to
raise money or to count the number of children through the door?
Regards
Leeanne Westwood |
Phone: 020 8270 6744 | Fax: 020 8270 6868 |
Email:
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