Front-End Evaluation and Planning Changes For a Community Museum

January 1st, 1997 | RESEARCH

This paper describes the use of front-end evaluation to guide the development of plans for a community museum. In 1995, the fifty-year old Fort Collins Museum received a grant to create new permanent exhibits and educational programs as well as a collection initiative for obtaining donated artifacts from community residents.

Document

VSA-a0a2o3-a_5730.pdf

Team Members

Joy L. Poole, Author, Fort Collins Museum
Amy Cota, Author, Colorado State University
Ross J. Loomis, Author, Colorado State University

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 1064-5578

Publication: Visitor Studies
Volume: 9
Number: 1
Page(s): 176

Funders

Funding Source: NEH

Tags

Audience: Evaluators | General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | History | policy | law | Social science and psychology
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits