The Visitor Studies Group

Scottish Event
Please note that the VSG seminar "Two Voices, One Message: Including Gaelic in Interpretation", being held on Friday 11 April at Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, is now FULLY BOOKED. However, if you are still interested and would like to go on the waiting list, please get in touch.
(25 March 2005) 

Membership Renewals 
The deadline for renewing existing memberships is on 31 March. After this date any memberships that have not been renewed will be revoked, including access privileges to the members only section of the VSG website. To avoid any disruptions to your membership, and to keep our members database up to date, please submit any outstanding renewals as soon as possible!

Bursary Deadline
A reminder that the deadline to apply for the annual VSG Travel Bursary is also on 31 March. The bursary provides financial assistance to members to pursue professional development opportunities that are in keeping with the mission and goals of the VSG. To be eligible for a travel bursary, applicants must have been a subscribed member of VSG for at least 12 months prior to the date of application.

E-learning Event
"Evaluation: Getting it Right - Evaluating online learning resources", a joint event with the E-Learning Group for Museums, Libraries and Archives on Wednesday 21 May at The Wallace Collection, London, is now also open for bookings.

Summer School
We can confirm that "Seen but not heard! Listening to children's voices in visitor studies" will be our 10^th anniversary VSG summer school. It will take place on 18 & 19 September 2008, and be hosted by Chester Zoo, North of England Zoological Society.   

Children as both formal and free choice learners make up a large segment of audiences in museums and living collections. Through a series of presentations and workshops the 2008 VSG Summer School will focus on how to glean valid and reliable data from children. During the Summer School we will also be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the VSG, which held it's inaugural meeting in November 1998.

Programme and booking details to follow soon.

(To see behind the scenes at Chester Zoo, watch 'Zoo Days' on Five, weekdays at 6.30pm)

(7 March 2008)

Downloads From Past Events
Downloads from the 'In Theory & Practice' seminar and workshops we ran at the National Museum Wales in November 2007 are now available to download in the Members section. Apologies for the delay in getting these to you.

The first downloads from the 'Out of the Comfort Zone' conference we ran alongside the AGM at the British Museum in February 2008 are now available to download in the Members section. We hope to make the other presentations available to you in due course.

AGM & Accounts
Minutes from the VSG Annual General Meeting on 1 February 2008 are now available in the Members section, along with copies of the 2007 VSG Accounts and Treasurer's Reports. Please contact us if you have questions or comments on the minutes or the accounts.

Constitution
The VSG Constitution was updated and passed at the AGM. Please contact us if you have any questions or comments on the constitution.

(18 February 2008)