Measuring Museum Impact And Performance: Theory And Practice

Synopsis

Based On Extensive Research And Decades Of Experience, Museum Analyst And Planner John W. Jacobsen Provides Both The Theoretical Underpinnings And The Operational Pragmatics Of Measuring Any Museum's Intentional Impact And Performance By Using 1,025 Indicators Drawn From 51 Expert Sources. Measuring Museum Impact And Performance: Theory And Practice Provides Museum Professionals Internationally With A Clear, Very Open Process That Will Improve Their Museum's Value And Performance By Selecting Indicators That Monitor Whether They Are Realizing Their Desired Public, Private, Personal And Institutional Values. The Book Is Not Prescriptive, But Liberating, As The Framework Recognizes That Each Museum Needs To Decide On Its Own Purposes And Priorities. The Book Is Organized In Two Parts: Part 1: Theory Is Scholarly And Builds On The Museum Field's Rich Literature; And Part 2: Practice Provides Step-by-step Methods For Any Museum To Set Up Its Own Dashboard Of Prioritized Impact And Performance Indicators. Substantive Attachments Include: The List Of The 51 Source Documents For The Miip Indicators; Definitions Of Terms And Data Fields; A Long List Of Precedented Museum Impacts; Measurement Formulas And Worksheet Templates, Filled In For A Sample Museum; And The Miip 1.0 Database Available Online. -- Part I. Theory: How And Why Do Museums Do What They Do? -- Finding The Museum Theory Of Action -- Identifying Potential Museum Impacts -- Measuring Impact -- Part Ii. Practice: How Do You Measure Your Museum's Impact And Performance? -- Shift From Theory To Practice -- Prioritize Your Museum's Purposes And Impacts -- Determine Your Museum's Performance Metrics -- Compare Your Museum To Your Peers -- Report Changes In Your Impact And Performance -- Summary And Future Potentials. John W. Jacobsen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.