Query Report Service

Have you ever wanted to know…

• how your museum's attendance or budget compares with similarly sized museums?
• the number of staff necessary in a particular size museum?
• which museums have an active capital campaign?
• the data that powers the Children's Museum Metrics Reports?
  

What kind of data can I get from ACM?

ACM collects more than 180 data points about museum operations each year, giving members access to the most up-to-date information available about the children's museum field. ACM most recently collected museums' FY2009 operations data - everything from building size, number of staff and types of programs to availability of food service, gift shop size and attendance data. ACM sends the data you request in your Query Report in Excel spreadsheet. An average Query Report includes data from as few as five museums or more than 100.

See the questions asked in the 2010 Museum Member Survey

View a Sample Report of Total Earned Income for Museums with Total Attendance of 25,000 to 75,000 (with anonymous data)

Please note: ACM only has access to data provided by ACM member museums. The majority of ACM members are children's museums. ACM does not have extensive data about science and technology centers, art museums, history museum or the greater museum field. ACM cannot guarantee the accuracy of member-supplied data.

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How can I get a free Query Report?

Query Reports are one of ACM's most useful member benefits. Members must use their free queries within their membership year. Unused queries do not rollover to the next membership year.

• Open Museums may request up to six (6) free queries per membership year.
• Emerging Museums may request up to three (3) free queries per membership year.
• Corporate Leaders may request up to three (3) free queries per membership year.
• Corporate Supporters and Individual Consultants may request up to to one (1) free query per membership year.

Individual members and members who have exceeded their allotted free reports are billed $50 per query. Non-members may not access Query Reports.

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Requesting a Query Report

1. ACM offers 42 standard Query Reports about museum operations in six categories. Choose the report that you would like to receive. If you need data that is not included in the 42 standard Query Reports, please contact the ACM offices at 703-224-3100.

2. Choose how ACM will identify the peer museums included in the Query Report. ACM suggests that you identify a range of values for one of the following categories.

a) Total Museum Square Footage
b) Exhibit Space Square Footage
c) Museum location (urban, suburban or rural)
d) Total Operating Income (budget)
e) Total Contributed Income
f) Total Operating Expenses
g) Total Museum Attendance
h) Early Childhood Programming
i) MSA Population
j) Other…

3. Complete the Query Request Form.

Questions? Call the ACM offices at 703-224-3100.

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