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Learning Activities

April 2010 - September 2010

  York Castle Museum Yorkshire Museum* York Art Gallery Observatory York St Mary's Total all sites
Visiting children in York school groups (Ages 0-16)
    (including outreach workshops)   (Schools included with YM)    
Nursery 27 0 2 0 0 29
Primary 481 494 539 0 0 1,514
Secondary 341 0 40 0 0 381
Other 19 0 20 0 0 39
Total 868 494 601 0 0 1,963
Visiting children in non-York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery 49 20 10 0 0 79
Primary 4,846 418 988 0 0 6,252
Secondary 4,175 225 900 0 0 5,300
Other 1,473 0 157 0 0 1,360
Total 10,543 663 2,055 0 0 13,261
Student Educational visits HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total 33 0 0 0 0 33
Students on a general visit HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total 655 30 100 0 0 785
Events (Extra activities taking place on site for the general visitor)
Total 49 12 44 0 0 105
Number of visitors to events
Total 19,511 1,960 1,079 1,776 0 24,326**
Outreach events
Total 7 2 2 4 0 15
Number users of outreach events
Total 5,304*** 564 2,343*** 118 0 8,329
Educational Activities (Workshops)
Total 104 29 51 0 0 184
Informal Learning Groups on site (For example Territories etc…)
Total 17 8 54 1 0 80
Users of informal Learning on site
Total 5,960 342 1,565 157 0 8,024
Number of instances of teachers in contact with museums, excluding visits with school parties
Total 32 2 4 0 0 38
*Yorkshire Museum was closed until August.
** New method of counting visitors to the Castle Museum Studios from 2010, to try to record more sustained visits. Finding a perfect method of recording these visits is ongoing.
*** Includes Great Yorkshire Show.

October 2010 - March 2011

  York Castle Museum Yorkshire Museum * York Art Gallery Observatory York St Mary's Total all sites
Visiting children in York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery 336 28 87 0 0 481
Primary 785 398 485 0 0 1,668
Secondary 211 2 153 0 0 366
Other 360 99 155 0 0 614
Total 1,722 527 880 0 0 3,129
Visiting children in non-York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery 103 2 4 0 0 109
Primary 3,294 1,593 400 0 0 5,287
Secondary 1,943 227 275 0 0 2,445
Other 1,253 436 557 50 0 2,296
Total 6,593 2,258 1,236 50 0 10,137
Student Educational visits HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total 15 38 40 0 0 93
Students on a general visit HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total 334 73 319 0 784
Events (Extra activities taking place on site for the general visitor)
Total 23 3 23 0 0 53
Number of visitors to events
Total 26,988 2,404 1,241 939 0 31,572
Outreach events
Total 1 4 0 0 0 5
Number users of outreach events
Total 40 407 2,343 0 0 447
Educational Activities (Workshops)
Total 135 67 35 0 0 237
Informal Learning Groups on site (For example Territories etc…)
Total 20 19 46 0 0 92
Users of informal Learning on site
Total 3,991 752 511 89 0 5,343
Number of instances of teachers in contact with museums, excluding visits with school parties
Total 35 12 6 0 0 53
* Includes Great Yorkshire Show.

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