Our walk-in visitors don't have the option of a guided tour, but groups who call in advance can get one. I don't know the details, but I do know our education department is surprised by how many of these groups want a guided tour. My uneducated guess is that it's generational...most of our tour groups are senior citizens. Also, I think people are used to docent tours being free. But, for some odd reason, people will pay money to walk around with headphones and a cd player. >Greetings ISEN and Museum-Lers. Apologies for any duplicate postings. > >I'm working on a project with the Interpretive and Guest Services >Department here at Shedd Aquarium. > >They offer themed tours of our animal collection to the general public >for $3 per person and are unhappy with the low response. We will be >digging into our past visitor studies and investigating present visitor >views on such tours this spring. > >Who out there offers guided (not audio) tours for a fee separate from >general admission? Is there information about how these were planned or >assessment of effectiveness? > >Thanks >Linda Wilson >Visitor Studies and Evaluation >Shedd Aquarium >Chicago, IL 60605 >[log in to unmask] Sharyn Horowitz, The Health Museum of Cleveland [log in to unmask] 8911 Euclid Avenue * Cleveland, OH 44106 * (216) 231-5010 * fax 231-5129 http://www.healthmuseum.org