Discovery Center at Murfree Spring

Discovery Center at Murfree Spring will undertake a multipronged approach to create a culture of evaluation through staff professional development. The museum will work with an expert consultant to develop a set of strategies that positions staff to better understand the value, complexity, and importance of conducting and integrating evaluation more strategically across the institution. Professional development activities will include three in-person workshops, application to museum contexts, one-on-one mentoring, and documented reflections. Public cafes facilitated by field experts will cultivate community awareness of the critical importance and value of evaluative thinking, and emphasize the need for opportunities that build evaluation capacity across organizations and institutions. The project will gather data about current exhibitions that will help inform decisions relating to traveling exhibitions, and data about institutional influence that informs and becomes integral to ongoing operations.