The Visitor Studies Group: Championing excellent visitor experiences
We are delighted to open up submissions for our 2019 conference: “Visitor studies: reflecting the wider world, advocating for change?” Taking place March 7th and 8th at the National Gallery London, we are looking for sessions that explore, interrogate and understand how emerging trends – especially those borne from audience research both within and outside the… More
*** The deadline for this bursary has been extended to Friday 25th January*** At VSG we always like to support the visitor studies community where we can, and we are pleased to once again offer a conference bursary, which will cover the cost of one person to attend the conference for both days. To apply… More
23 January 2019, 15:00 – 17:30, Dana Research Centre and Library, Science Museum Tickets are free for Visitor Studies Group members or cost £30 for non-members and £20 for independent freelancers or students. Book via Eventbrite . The amount of audience research that the museums, culture and tourism sectors commission from external evaluators and agencies is ever… More
Who are VSG? The Visitor Studies Group is a volunteer-run membership organisation that aims to promote dialogue, facilitate debate and provide high quality training to support the professional development of those working in or engaging with audience research, evaluation, audience development, learning, community engagement and more in the cultural sector. What is the mentorship programme?… More
CALL FOR PROPOSALS VISITOR STUDIES GROUP VIRTUAL CONFERENCE 2021: Methods in the Madness: looking back to move Visitor Studies forward 10, 11, 13, 19 and 20 May 2021, timings TBC What methods have you used in the madness of the last year? The Visitor Studies Group is looking for papers for their Virtual Events Series… More
Join us for a Visitor Studies Group conference with a twist! For 2021 we have created an online event series taking place throughout May bringing together practitioners from the cultural sector and beyond to discuss a variety of themes. We want to explore, discuss, and discover different techniques that we have used in the past… More
The full programme for the Visitor Studies Group’s 2017 conference, ”Measuring up”: ways of capturing social value and more intangible outcomes’ is available to view now. We think this is one of our most exciting programmes yet, featuring speakers from a diverse range of organisations and institutions both within and outside of the heritage sector. A sample of… More
Do you have recent work relevant to our 2017 theme that you would like to share at our conference? Why not sign up to our poster session? At the end of day one we will be gathering for a glass of wine at which point there will be an opportunity for delegates to look at the… More
Bookings are now open for our 2017 conference. Visit Eventbrite to book . Use the code ERLYBRD for a 10% discount before 6th January 2017. Our theme is ‘‘Measuring up’: ways of capturing social value and more intangible outcomes’ and the conference will take place, 22nd and 23rd March 2017, in the Royal Geographical Society , London.
Join VSG committee members to catch up on all things visitor studies over a drink or two. Find out what others are up to and share questions, thoughts and experiences on research and evaluation, or anything else that’s on your mind. Plus we’ll be chatting about our 2017 conference theme, hot off the press! When:… More