This report highlights the evidence for the importance of museums, libraries and archives. It does so by understanding their role delivering public value. This document identifies how museums, libraries and archives have adapted to the changing demands of the public whom they serve, and have asserted themselves as providers of knowledge and inspiration. The report: Demonstrates how popular … Read more
A study to identify the economic contribution of the main arts organisations to the Birmingham economy and the impact they have on the image, profile and perceptions of the city and wider West Midlands region.
The study reviewed the immersive and experiential learning programme for young people – Their Past Your Future (TPYF). It evaluated how direct engagement with people, places and objects impacted on a personal and societal level, and how it enhanced knowledge for young people and educational institutions. It also explored impacts on the Imperial War Museum … Read more
This document brings together a vast body of research and experience to demonstrate how research can develop museums’ and galleries’ ambitions, vision, models and methodologies to enable a much more meaningful measure of impact and value.
Free access to museums hugely increased visitor figures but there are still correlations between socio-economic status and the likelihood of attendance at arts and cultural events and while numbers of visitors increased, their profile remained relatively static. This paper argues that school education ignores visual literacy and points out that the government’s description of creative industries … Read more
The aim of this handbook is to help theatre organisations understand how audiences experience their work. It presents a new model for describing the audience experience, along with standard survey templates and guidance on how to use them in the context of a project evaluation.
John Holden’s Capturing Cultural Value: How Culture has Become a Tool of Government Policy (2004), published by the think-tank, DEMOS, proposes ways of valuing culture other than the instrumental. This document (and seven further commentaries) explore various issues raised by Holden.
Report which explores new methods for determining the value of engagement in culture and sport, provides evidence on what works and develops a theory and working model of engagement to inform policy decisions.
A report highlighting the findings of a major research study that elicited responses from 4,294 adults during the summer of 2002, supported by a series of depth interviews with those working in the festivals sector, and quantitative audience data gathered from 31 festivals. With analysis of the economic and social impacts of folk festivals, the … Read more
The Greater Manchester Strategic Arts Fund was established in 2004 and aimed to broaden access to – and raise the quality of – the arts experience across ten local authorities. This article provides an overview of the eight different cross-authority projects, along with the key outcomes and impacts found during the project evaluation.