Working together to develop relationships with audiences and stakeholders

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Manchester Art Gallery's Kim Gowland and Jane Wilcox presented a paper on identifying and building audiences at the recent Museums Australia conference in Newcastle last month. The presentation titled outlines how the gallery worked with the UK government and the North West Museum Hub to attract under represented audiences. For more, go to www.collectionsaustralia.net/publisher/outreach

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A convergence model for museums and galleries

Working together to develop relationships with audiences and

stakeholders

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Manchester Art Gallery

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The North West Museums Hub

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Why do we work together as a Hub?

In the UK, widening access to culture is central to the national government agenda

Government research into regional museums identified common problems such as declining visitor numbers

It also identified sections of the population that were under represented in museum visitors

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Why do we work together as a Hub?

Renaissance in the Regions set up to address issues such as declining attendance with new funding

We share this RinR funding and work together with Hub partners towards common targets

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Our audience targets

Increase visit numbers

Attract a more diverse audience, more representative of the UK population

Key target groups include :

those from lower income households

black and minority ethnic people

disabled people

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Understanding our visitors

Share existing knowledge

Meet quarterly to discuss and analyse

Online group to share information, issues and insights

Jointly commission new research

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North West Museums HubVisitor Segments

Segmentation by Morris Hargreaves MacIntyre

www.lateralthinkers.com

Illustrations by Paul Loudon

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Family visitor?

Yes

Social Intellectual

Specialist?

No Yes

Spiritual/Emotional

No Yes

Intellectual

Motivation?

No

Specialist?

Social

1st time

Beenbefor

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Frequency?

Kids First Families

Learning Families

Siteseers Third Spacers

Self Developer

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Experts Sensualists

Aficionados

Motivation?

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Third Spacers

“I come here tode-stress.”

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Sensualists

“I want to feel free.”

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Self Developers

“The writing tells you a lot more than just the painting.”

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Building relationships with Self Developers

The right messages

The right products

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Manchester: A cultural destination?

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Raising the Game Northwest Regional Development Agency

matched Renaissance Hub Funding £3million investment over three years for

Northwest’s museums and galleries £1million for Manchester’s museums and

galleries Increase cultural tourism Create joined up cultural experiences Change perceptions of Manchester as a

cultural destination Help to make a real economic impact

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Manchester Museums Consortium

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Raising the Game

Investing in programming Working with partners to create

seasonal itineraries Collaborative marketing with

a focus on online and PR Working together to

understand tourist audiences

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Summer 2009 CampaignAudience Segment: Cosmopolitans, Short breakers

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Summer 2009 Campaign

Lead Event: JS Bach/Zaha Hadid Architects

Manchester International Festival / Manchester Art Gallery

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Summer 2009 CampaignPartner events: Manchester Hermit / Manchester MuseumState of the Art / Urbis

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Summer 2009 Campaign

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What has the Consortium learned so far?

Initial campaign too internally focused (on us and our funders) than on tourists

Collaborating can be hard work!

A delicate operation…

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What have we achieved so far?

Innovative project Working team now in place Clarified new focus New itineraries about to be launched Building key relationships in the

sector Involved staff at all levels including

front-line

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What have we achieved so far?

Directors and external stakeholders on board –selling to project at advocacy level

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A work in progress…

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Please get in touch….

Kim Gowlandk.gowland@manchester.gov.uk

Jane Wilcoxj.wilcox@manchester.gov.uk

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