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It is a wide ranging discipline that includes data collection, the evaluation and analysis of the information collected, and visitor profiling. Museums use such analysis to identify and address barriers to participation, assess the effectiveness of their programmes, determine how visitors rate their interactions with the museum, and to identify different perceptions and feelings about the museum as an organisation from both existing and potential audiences. In short Visitor Studies is about monitoring the relevance of museums and using findings to guide strategic thinking, to feed into key-decision making in a timely manner, and inform business planning and museum management.\nThis guidance aims to provide an insight into a fundamental component of Visitor Studies, namely measuring Visitor Satisfaction, as a step towards actively engaging in audience research and developing relationships with museum visitors.\nVisitor Satisfaction\nVisitor satisfaction focuses on visitors’ expectations of, and satisfaction with, particular components (or all) of the range of products, services, activities, places and infrastructure that contribute to their visitor experience. In light of this, visitor experience can include all aspects of a museum visit, from the programme which engages people with artefacts, to the support services provided, such as catering, car parking and retailing. Visitor satisfaction is often measured across visitors’ pre-visit expectations and their actual experiences of a visit or activity, through their immediate responses or through gathering impressions sometime after the visit.\nWhy measure visitor satisfaction in museums\nBeyond the good business sense mentioned above, having an insight into visitor satisfaction is useful to your Board or governing body, and given that funders will want to know that you are meeting the needs and demands of the people you serve, it is a vital element when bidding for resources. Also, such intelligence is essential to meeting the prevailing standards and the UK standard for museums, the Accreditation Scheme, has specific requirements in this regard.\nSection 3 of the Accreditation Scheme - Users and their Experiences – states that to satisfy the obligations of the standard,\nThe museum must offer and develop good quality, stimulating services for users and potential users, in order to get the best out of its collections, resources and local area.’ (Accreditation Standard, Section 3.1-3.15)\nAnd that a museum applying for recognition:\nmust understand who its users and non-users are\nmust evaluate and analyse information to assess users’ needs\nmust devise plans to broaden its range of users\nmust have a culture of customer care with arrangements in place to make sure all users are treated with courtesy and care\ntakes account of users’ needs, guided by a policy statement setting out a commitment to give everyone access to collections and associated information\nmust respond to tourism and local priorities where appropriate\nUndertaking visitor satisfaction surveys has been noted as one demonstrable means of meeting the requirements of the standard.\nThe Museum Code of Ethics also requires all those who work for, or who govern museums, to ensure that they “Improve the quality of experience for all users.” (3.1). By implication, this requires museums to ascertain what user perceptions are and eliciting suggestions on how their experience might be improved.\nThus measuring visitor satisfaction brings many benefits, enabling museums to:\ngather real evidence about how to meet their core aims and objectives\nexplore the impact they have on their visitors\ndevelop ongoing relationships with their visitors\nencour","cbCaimBYW1D9ZzlG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimBYW1D9ZzlG","docx",65356,7,"English","# Introduction\n## Visitor Satisfaction\n## Why measure visitor satisfaction in museums\n## How to measure visitor satisfaction in local museums\n## 1. 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