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Hello All:

Has anyone surveyed young visitors (like ages 5-12) about general
experiential aspects of their museum visit?  What they liked best, if
they liked the food, anything that made them particularly happy or
unhappy, comfortable or uncomfortable?

On a related note, is there any research about the decision making in
families related to museum going?  Who are the principal decision
makers?  What is the impact of kids in family decision making?  If it
appears that kids are influential  (as they are, anecdotally, in my
family), then what does that imply for the marketing program?

Finally, is anyone using those kind of automated visitor response kiosks
to get feedback about the quality of the visitor experience?

See you in San Jose!


Eric Siegel
Director of Planning
   & Program Development
Connections Project Director
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street
Queens, NY 11368
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www.nyscience.org

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> New online workshops are available through ASTC Connect
> starting in late September. Check www.astc.org/connect for
> details. Among the offerings:
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> Making Sense of Visitor Comments: How to Code Open-Ended
> Data, with Elisa Israel of the St. Louis Science Center
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> Understanding Visitors' Ideas: Cosmic Conversations, with
> Mary Dussault of the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical
> Observatory (formerly Museum of Science, Boston)
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> Creating Exhibition Case Studies, with Kathy McLean, author
> of Planning for People in Museum Exhibitions and editor of a
> new book about best practices in exhibition development
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> Critiquing Your Web Site, with Andrea Bandelli, museum
> consultant based in Amsterdam
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> During the ASTC Conference in San Jose, you'll be able to
> meet these moderators--come by the ASTC Resource Center in
> the Exhibit Hall to check our schedule. We'll also be
> offering repeat sessions of the following
> workshops:
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> Designing Accessible Print Materials, with Sally
> Middlebrooks, formerly director of the ASTC Accessible Museum
> Practices project
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> Mission-Based Fundraising, with Ann Mintz, now director of
> the Chester County Historical Society and long-time science
> center colleague
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> Visit the ASTC web site to find out more.
> ___________________________ Wendy Pollock Director Research,
> Publications, and Exhibitions Association of
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