The Visitor Studies Group: Championing excellent visitor experiences
The latest news and upcoming events from The Visitor Studies Group (VSG)
To find out more or make a booking please see the events posted below.
Our members always tell us that opportunities for networking are really important and with the new ‘school year’ starting soon we thought why not get together and see whats going on in the visitor focused world. Informal Networking Events are planned in London , Edinburgh and in the planning stage for Manchester. Follow the links for more… More
The programme is now out and bookings open for our VISITOR STUDIES GROUP CONFERENCE 2016 which will be held on 16th and 17th March 2016 at the Royal Geographical Society, London. The theme for the conference is “Visitor Studies: It’s what you do with it!” How can visitor studies have real impact? How does visitor research influence decisions… More
Visitor research and evaluation at all stages of the ‘product life cycle’ whether this be a museum/visitor attraction, an exhibition or a new service or product.… More
Applications are now open for the Alison James Professional Development Bursary and after much consideration the VSG Committee has decided this year, for the first time, to change the eligibility criteria. As a Committee we are keen to support and encourage those at the earliest stages of their careers in visitor studies – you are… More
Presentations from our 2015 Conference last month on the theme ‘Visitor Studies: Embracing Change?’ are now online.… More
2015 Conference of the Visitor Studies Group, March 2015… More
Services: Marketing and audience development: strategy / implementation, Evaluation, Visitor research, Website analysis, Copywriting, copy editing, proof-reading, Training/ mentoring, Advice surgeries.… More
Are you facing calls for evidence of impact from your project stakeholders? Two sessions on day two of our conference (5 March) will explore how visitor studies is adapting to the needs of the sector, including the demands of its funders. Christopher Whitby (Science Museum) and Dr Effrosyni Nomikou (King’s College London) will draw on… More
The VSG Conference on the theme of ‘Visitor Studies: Embracing Change?‘ will open on 4 March 2015 with a keynote session from Piotr Bienkowski who is Project Director of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s programme ‘Our Museum: Communities and Museums as Active Partners’. He runs a cultural consultancy specialising in organisational change, community engagement and cultural… More
Visitor Studies Group Co-Chair Kayte McSweeney features as this month’s expert for the Museum Association’s ‘Ask the Expert’ feature on audience research. Read the full article as a pdf here , or visit the Museums Association website .
The Midlands Federation of Museums and Art Galleries are running this autumn workshop and Lorna Williams from the VSG Committee and Birmingham Museums will be attending to talk about the role of VSG.… More
