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I'd be interested in these metrics too.
Ann Mintz
Chester County Historical Society
> [Original Message]
> From: Jeff <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 1/18/2005 7:01:11 PM
> Subject: attendance per square foot
>
> i'm trying to help the folks im working with set some reasonble
expectations
> for attendance and the like....while i have the latest financial data,
from
> AAM, that looks at its member museums, i want to cross check some of my
> assumptions .
>
> since we don't have a track record yet, one of the ratios i decided to
look
> at was gross number of visitors per square foot of facility (under roof).
I
> am particularly interested in hearing from museums whose square footage is
> in the 18,000 to 24,000 square foot range.
>
> your figures don't have to be dead on - i'm just trying to get a
> back-of-envelope feel.
>
> besides your attendance and square footage, if you could also indicate
size
> of community that you draw from, that will give me another way to slice
the
> cake.
>
> by the way, looking at medians only, for art museums the attendance is
about
> 1.84 per square foot and for children's museums, around 4 per square foot.
> using an average of these two (we're not a gallery, not a museum, and not
a
> children's museum) yields a baseline of 63000 people for a 21,000 square
> foot facility.
>
> replies off-line are fine. if enough people respond i'll keep a rough
tally
> and report back.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Jeff Courtman
> Project Manager
> artspace in the West Edge
> 710 Texas Street
> Shreveport, La 71101
> 318-673-6535
>
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