High Desert Museum

The High Desert Museum will embed evaluative thinking into organizational practices by building staff competencies in evaluation. The project will include a mixture of skill building workshops and guided studies designed to build staff skills and confidence in evaluation processes. A baseline visitor study and logic model will help the museum identify its evaluation priorities. An external consultant will act as an evaluation mentor, offering expert advice and working with a cross-departmental project team to guide the development of staff skills. In addition, an advisory group of evaluation experts will help staff develop a toolkit of evaluation methods that can be adapted to fit their needs. The project will culminate in the development of an institutional evaluation plan that will provide a framework for continuing a culture of evaluation within the institution. Through these activities, the museum intends to establish a culture of learning that will advance its capacity to serve its visitors and the Central Oregon community.