Renaissance Data Collection Hub Results, 2007-2008

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><i>Renaissance</i> was the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council's (MLA) programme to transform England's regional museums. The programme has received over £300 million since 2002 which has been allocated across nine regional museum hubs. Regional museum hubs are a cluster of four-five museums which receive government investment in order to develop as centres of excellence and as leaders of their regional museum communities. <br>
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MLA has been gathering data from the nine regional museum hubs from 2002-2003 to 2007-2008. The Renaissance Data Collection is a quarterly return of data from each site participating in the Renaissance in the Regions Programme. The data returns contain information on numbers of: visits; priority group visits; child visits; website visits; school visits; Higher Education visits; adult and child on-site participation; and outreach activity. The data returns support Programme management and monitoring and forms the basis of the Renaissance Museums Performance Indicator statistical series. <br>
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From the 30th June 2011, the regional Renaissance hub structure ceases to exist. 2011-12 is a transitional year for Renaissance, in which £37.6 million of grant funding, previously known as museum hub funding, has been made available instead directly to 45 museum services. <br>
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Further information about Renaissance can be found on the MLA's <a href="http://www.mla.gov.uk/what/programmes/renaissance/renaissance%20results/hub%20data%20collection" title="Renaissance Data Collection">Renaissance Data Collection</a> web page.<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>Data were recorded by hubs and submitted to the MLA on a quarterly basis, following a financial year cycle e.g. Q1 (April to June). <br>
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Data were submitted in an Excel workbook (Data Collection Template) that consists of six worksheets, covering six different areas of museums activity:<ul><li>Template 1: number of self-directed visits by children and young people in formal education</li><li>Template 2: number of facilitated visits by children and young people in formal education</li><li>Template 3: number of instances of children, young people and adults participating in museums’ outreach activities</li><li>Template 4: number of instances of teachers in contact with museums</li><li>Template 5: number of instances of children, young people and adults participating in organised activities at museums</li><li>Template 6: visits, child visits, web visits and loan venues</li></ul>Within each template there are a number of different measures, with hubs reporting on a total of 67 performance indicators. A breakdown of each template measure and accompanying guidelines can be found in the <a href="http://www.mla.gov.uk/what/programmes/renaissance/renaissance%20results/~/media/Files/pdf/2008/renaissance_audience_data_collection_manual" title="Audience Data Collection Manual 2008">Audience Data Collection Manual 2008<a/>.