Museum of Science, Boston

The Museum of Science will work with the art museum community by adapting a successful collaboration among science museums to collect and analyze visitor experience data across disciplines. Collaboration for Ongoing Visitor Experience Studies: Art Research Team (COVES:ART) will bring art museum professionals from across the country together to discuss the value of and logistics involved in incorporating art museums into a collaborative system of collecting, analyzing, and reporting on visitor experience data. The Museum of Science will spearhead the project in conjunction with a wide range of art museums partners. Participants will focus on understanding and improving the visitor experience while supporting visitor data collection and streamlined analysis and reporting across a diverse range of museums. If successful, the resulting data will vastly increase field-wide understanding of museum visitors.