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  • 1.  Curious about the experience of your Museums for All visitors?

    Posted 10 days ago

    Does your Museum participate in Museums for All?

     

    Curious about the experience of your Museums for All visitors?

     

    Be part of a national study to find out!

     

    Thanksgiving Point Institute – in partnership with Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery and Regnier Family Wonderscope Children's Museum – is conducting an IMLS-funded study to understand the influence of museum experiences on visitors who attend as part of an income-qualified admission program.

     

    We are looking for 30 museums who participate in Museums for All to distribute a survey to their visitors.

     

    As a host museum, you will be asked to:

    • Recruit Museums for All and general admission visitors to complete an online survey about the barriers, benefits, and influences of their visit to your museum.
      • You will be asked to have them scan a QR code that will prompt them to enter their email address. The research team will then send the survey.
      • We will need 60 completed surveys from your museum: 30 from Museums for All visitors and 30 from general admission visitors.
    • Participate in a 60-90 minute focus group about the role of Museums for All in your museum's IDEA practices.

    As a host museum, you will receive:

    • The raw data of responses received from your visitors.
    • $450 stipend to support training staff and printing fliers to invite visitors to take the survey.
    • Acknowledgement in publications and presentations.

     

    Additional study details and the application to participate can be found here: https://thanksgivingpoint.org/museums-for-all-visitor-study/

     

    Questions may be directed to kanelson@thanksgivingpoint.org

     

    This study will benefit museums participating in the Museums for All access program and is made possible by an IMLS NLG-M award, but it is not part of the Museums for All project administered by ACM and funded by IMLS.

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