Economic Sustainability in Heritage Management

Skills sharing workshop

6th March 2015, M Shed, Bristol, UK

Notes by William Gaskell, Volunteer at Museum of East Asian Art (MEAA), Bath

Info about MEAA:

6-7000 visitors per year

4 full time staff, 4 part time staff

In order to approach funding background work needed:

· Report on museum data to use as evidence when approaching funding opportunities

o Photographs

o Diary of how time/man hours are spent

· Compare experiences with other museums

o Use benchmarks/standard indices

Example of target groups of visitors:

· Metro culturals – arty types

· Experience seekers – looking for things to do

· Commuterland [teenage] culture buffs – precocious people who want to pay for a superior experience

Data collection:

· Use a tablet to time- and cost-effectively collect & manage data

· Make time to deal with data without stress

· Keep records of people you know for your own background checks

o Use excel spreadsheet

o Historical database of museum

o Curator’s personal professional network

· Bring people [within the organisation] on board by making it relevant to them

· Keep record of time/date for data on database

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