Creating Great Visitor Experiences : A Guide for Museum Professionals

Creating Great Visitor Experiences: A Guide for Museum Professionals will help museums define their service, hire and train a dynamic frontline team, and spread a culture of service throughout their institution.

If a museum is trying to improve visitor satisfaction, grow and diversify their audience, or engage with their community, they must focus on the experience visitors have inside the museum. Unfortunately, some people don’t visit museums because they have had a previous negative experience, or they simply don’t feel museums are for people like them. Not only do we need to win back those who we haven’t welcomed properly in the past, we need to be sure we don’t turn off any more potential visitors. Once you’ve decided to prioritize the visitor experience, you may discover that you don’t have the tools you need to truly implement change for your visitors. An Executive Director may support the concept but doesn’t have the time or specific expertise to implement a new program. A Visitor Services Manager may have been promoted from the front line and has great customer service and coaching skills but doesn’t have experience crafting institutional change. Creating Great Visitor Experiences: A Guide for Museum Professionals can help these museum professionals design a program that is specific to their institution. Its Table of Contents shows how the book offers a step-by-step guide to doing just that:Chapter 1: Focus on the Visitor ExperienceChapter 2: Understanding Museum Visitors and the Impact of the Visitor ExperienceChapter 3: Learning About Your VisitorsChapter 4: Visitor Mapping: Charting Visitor Routes Through Your InstitutionChapter 5: Start with the Basics: Making the Museum Itself WelcomingChapter 6: Articulating What Service Means to YouChapter 7: Determining the Structure of Your Front-Line TeamChapter 8: Merging Security and ServiceChapter 9: Hiring Your Dream TeamChapter 10: Training to Develop a Dynamic Service TeamChapter 11: Building Strong Morale and a Professional Front-Line TeamChapter 12: Developing a Culture of Service Throughout the MuseumUse this authoritative, practical guide from the American Alliance of Museums to help your museum create great visitor experiences.