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The Socio-Cultural Impact of Museums on their Local Communities Fiona C. Hutchison. Centre for Sport Leisure and Tourism Showcase, 8 th June 2011, Exeter. Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. Contacts: Alan Caig, Head of Leisure and Museums, Exeter City Council
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The Socio-Cultural Impact of Museums on their Local CommunitiesFiona C. Hutchison Centre for Sport Leisure and Tourism Showcase, 8th June 2011, Exeter
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter • Contacts: • Alan Caig, Head of Leisure and Museums, Exeter City Council • Camilla Hampshire, Museums Manager • Ruth Randall, Marketing Manager
Reasons for Studentship • This studentship sets to investigate, capture and analyse the range of socio-cultural impacts generated by the RAMM in the period immediately after its re-opening • Trend of trying to capture the impact of the cultural sector. • 2 main types: Impact reports and theoretical pieces. • Drivers: • Highlight the socio-cultural impacts • Contribution to knowledge • Academic study (methodological rigour) • Practical use (not just a theoretical exercise)
Strategy to Capture Socio-cultural Impacts of RAMM • Focus on whole service • Concentrate on broad reach of museum • Geographical boundary • Use and non-use values for visitors and non-visitors • Quantitative and Qualitative methods • Large scale surveys, 2 rounds • In-depth interviews • Toolkit • Factor analysis • Pilot
Thank you – I welcome any questions. • Research presented here was conducted during an ESRC Studentship under its Capacity Building Clusters Award (RES-187-24-0002) in partnership with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum • For more information about this project and the work of the Centre for Sport, Leisure and Tourism research, see www.ex.ac.uk/slt. • Contact Fiona Hutchison on f.c.hutchison@exeter.ac.uk • Photos (c) 2010 Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery and Exeter City Council.