Dear Colleagues,
I am interested in finding out what "rules of thumb" there are out in the
museum field. For example:
SPEND PER HEAD. What calculations do you use to figure out what overall
spending people will do in addition to the entrance fee.
EXHIBIT COSTS PER SQUARE FOOT. I have asked my colleagues and we use
currently anywhere from $200 to $500 depending on highly technical the
exhibition will be. But the art folks use a different number. This
excludes the internal cost of salaries. What are you currently using?
PERCENT COST OF FUNDRAISING IN CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. Colleagues are using
10-20%. What are you using.
What other rules of thumb are there. Are there ratio between staff and
attendance?, Percentage of earned to unearned income? Anything else.
I will compile the answers you send me either to the list or off line and
repost the conclusions for everyone on the list.
Thanks. Elaine Heumann Gurian >
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Elaine Heumann Gurian
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