McWane Science Center

The McWane Science Center will strengthen organizational capacity to evaluate the impact of its museum exhibits and programs, as well as its success in delivering the institutional mission. Based on a recently completed needs assessment that defined a logic model identifying the outcomes that are important to determine organizational success, the museum will initiate a process to build its evaluation capacity and create a culture of impact evaluation. The museum will establish a staff evaluation team to work with an external consultant who will create a summative evaluation instrument to assess impact objectives; train staff and volunteers in data collection and documentation; and implement an evaluation process to understand the museum's impact performance, creating a baseline for future comparison. The project will include two evaluation cycles, ensuring that staff are trained and prepared to continue the process independently without external supervision.