Audience engagement is a two-way interaction between you and your audience. Engaging experiences provoke emotional responses in people, and get people actively participating, talking about and sharing their experiences, as well as inspiring them to want to find out more.
Early years children are an integral part of our museum audience, and we know that positive and inclusive STEM experiences in childhood set a good path to engage with science throughout life. Here we share some of our top tips for developing early years experiences that support STEM learning.
Families are our most common type of visitor, making up around 60% of our visitors across our sites. Here we share some of our top tips and considerations for engaging families.
Museums and other informal learning environments provide an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the applications of maths, and to highlight how it influences our everyday lives. Here we share some of our top tips for exploring maths in museums.
Whether they come as part of an educational group, with their family or as independent visitors, teenagers are an important audience to inspire and engage. Here we share some of our top tips for engaging young people, as advised by young people themselves.
Careers guidance and education doesn’t need to be limited to the classroom. Here we share our experience and top tips for supporting groups to discuss and explore careers as part of a museum visit.