Our exhibitions range from fine art to teddy bears [opens in new window]

Planning the exhibition

Obviously the first thing we do is decide what our exhibition will be about. This could be anything from Henry VIII to creepy crawlies. Once we’ve got our theme we think about:

the objects and information we would like to include
when we will hold the exhibition
where we will hold it (there are eight museums at National Museums Liverpool)
We also need to think about the number of people who will visit the exhibition and how we make their day special.

You can try your hand at figuring out how many visitors we might have (try clicking on PLAY THE PUZZLE at the top!) or you can continue on the tour.


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Calculate the Crowds Puzzle

When we estimate how many people will come we look at other exhibitions and see how many people visited them. We think about:

the time of year - more people come in summer
who it is for - more people come to fun, children's exhibitions, especially during school holidays
the theme - famous names attract visitors
how long the exhibition runs - more days means more people will visit
which venue -some of our museums are more popular than others


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Calculate the Crowds Puzzle

So, think about these things and the figures below and work out how many people will come to our exhibition. Let’s say it is about Cuddly Toys and will run from the mid-May until early September (about 18 weeks) at World Museum Liverpool.

You can use this calculator to help you.

Exhibition	Venue	Dates	No. of weeks	No of Visitors
Japanese Art	The Walker	Nov-Feb	16	53,000
Gorgeous Glass	LLAG	May-Sept	18	31,000
Dinosaurs!!!	Liv Museum	March-Nov	36	138,000
Scenes of the Docks	MMM	Jan-March	12	39,500
Terrific Trains	Liv Museum	Jan-March	12	55,000
Funny Faces!	MoLL	Sept-Dec	16	49,000


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Calculate the Crowds Puzzle

We would expect about 69,000 people.

Look at the figures for the Dinosaurs exhibition. Like Cuddly Toys it is a very popular topic and appeals to children. It also ran during the summer holidays at World Museum Liverpool. However, it ran for 252 days (36 weeks) during the summer, twice the length of our exhibition, so we halve the number of visitors figure to get 69,000. Remember that this is only an estimate and the real numbers could be a lot different.

Exhibition	Venue	Dates	No. of weeks	No of Visitors
Japanese Art	The Walker	Nov-Feb	16	53,000
Gorgeous Glass	LLAG	May-Sept	18	31,000
Dinosaurs!!!	Liv Museum	March-Nov	36	138,000
Scenes of the Docks	MMM	Jan-March	12	39,500
Terrific Trains	Liv Museum	Jan-March	12	55,000
Funny Faces!	MoLL	Sept-Dec	16	49,000


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Planning the exhibition

Calculate the Crowds Puzzle

Calculate the Crowds Puzzle

Calculate the Crowds Puzzle

We would expect about 69,000 people.

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