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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Museum entry charges
Posted by: Simon Knight
Date/Time: 27/08/10 21:02:00


I've been giving this museum thing a bit of thought and whilst it's a good thing to have our very own local one (again) I just can't see it lasting because:

The population of Wandsworth is circa 300,000 and I must assume that the majority of visitors would be Wandsworth
residents(given that Wandsworth is hardly a tourist hot-spot and I just can't envisage people north of the river making the trip).

So assuming a potential market of 300,000 let's assume that ALL 300,000 residents pay £8 to visit in year one = £2.4m

It's highly probable that they'll also visit on rainy days in the ensuing 12 months because it's then free.

But what happens after that? The 300,000 won't be coming again for years; I mean how many times does anybody want to visit a local museum no matter how good?

Where then is the market?


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
museum25/08/10 12:08:00 Jean Gilmore
   Re:museum25/08/10 16:12:00 Dave Roberts
      Re:Re:museum25/08/10 16:53:00 Jean Gilmore
         Re:Re:Re:museum25/08/10 16:58:00 Dave Roberts
      Re:Re:museum25/08/10 18:53:00 Sandi Bloomfield
   Re:museum25/08/10 17:12:00 Simon Knight
      Re:Re:museum25/08/10 21:18:00 Lucille Grant
         Re:Re:Re:museum26/08/10 08:24:00 Simon Knight
   Re:museum25/08/10 17:39:00 Dale Ingram
      Re:Re:museum25/08/10 18:18:00 Jean Gilmore
         Re:Re:Re:museum25/08/10 18:54:00 Martine Guy
            Re:Re:Re:Re:museum25/08/10 22:24:00 Jonathan Callaway
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum25/08/10 22:37:00 Martine Guy
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum25/08/10 22:44:00 Jonathan Callaway
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum25/08/10 23:02:00 Martine Guy
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum26/08/10 11:37:00 Jonathan Callaway
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum26/08/10 08:42:00 Caroline Whitehead
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum01/09/10 09:46:00 Dale Ingram
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum01/09/10 10:40:00 Jonathan Callaway
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum02/09/10 10:15:00 Adrian Knowles
   Everybody's £8 ...25/08/10 22:35:00 Bill Davids
      Re:Everybody's £8 ...26/08/10 09:59:00 Sarah Smith
         Re:Re:Everybody's £8 ...26/08/10 10:11:00 Adam Tripp
            Museum entry charges26/08/10 12:04:00 Jonathan Callaway
               Re:Museum entry charges26/08/10 12:45:00 James Dixon
                  Re:Re:Museum entry charges26/08/10 13:48:00 Jonathan Callaway
                     Re:Re:Re:Museum entry charges27/08/10 21:02:00 Simon Knight
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Museum entry charges28/08/10 12:19:00 Jonathan Callaway
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Museum entry charges28/08/10 13:10:00 Martine Guy
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Museum entry charges28/08/10 14:00:00 Simon Knight
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Museum entry charges28/08/10 20:08:00 Jonathan Callaway
   Re:museum27/08/10 22:17:00 Patrick David Barrs
      Re:Re:museum28/08/10 09:20:00 Jean Gilmore
      Re:Re:museum28/08/10 11:23:00 Lucille Grant
         Re:Re:Re:museum28/08/10 12:30:00 Jonathan Callaway
            Re:Re:Re:Re:museum28/08/10 13:38:00 Jean Gilmore
   Re:museum28/08/10 18:51:00 Ros Lewis
      Re:Re:museum28/08/10 20:10:00 Jonathan Callaway
         Re:Re:Re:museum28/08/10 23:10:00 Martine Guy
            Re:Re:Re:Re:museum28/08/10 23:45:00 Craig Fordham
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum29/08/10 11:19:00 Jonathan Callaway
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum29/08/10 13:32:00 Simon Knight
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum29/08/10 14:19:00 Jonathan Callaway
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:museum29/08/10 15:09:00 Jean Gilmore
            Re:Re:Re:Re:museum01/09/10 05:44:00 Patrick David Barrs
            Re:Re:Re:Re:museum01/09/10 05:53:00 Patrick David Barrs
   Re:museum31/08/10 10:22:00 Natalie Price
      Boris opens the Museum!01/09/10 16:39:00 Jonathan Callaway
         Re:Boris opens the Museum!03/09/10 17:15:00 Jonathan Callaway
            Re:Re:Boris opens the Museum!03/09/10 20:24:00 James Dixon
               Re:Re:Re:Boris opens the Museum!03/09/10 20:55:00 Jonathan Callaway
         Re:Boris opens the Museum!03/09/10 17:48:00 Caroline Whitehead
            Re:Re:Boris opens the Museum!03/09/10 19:52:00 Jonathan Callaway
               Re:Re:Re:Boris opens the Museum!04/09/10 10:19:00 Roland Gilmore
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Boris opens the Museum!04/09/10 11:18:00 Jonathan Callaway
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Boris opens the Museum!05/09/10 13:24:00 Lucille Grant
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Boris opens the Museum!05/09/10 13:41:00 Simon Knight
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Boris opens the Museum!05/09/10 15:14:00 Jean Gilmore
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Boris opens the Museum!05/09/10 21:25:00 Jonathan Callaway
                                 Anybody been yet?01/10/10 16:05:00 Simon Knight
                                    Re:Anybody been yet?01/10/10 16:22:00 James Dixon
                                       Re:Re:Anybody been yet?01/10/10 16:36:00 Simon Knight
                                          Re:Re:Re:Anybody been yet?01/10/10 17:07:00 Lucille Grant
                                          Re:Re:Re:Anybody been yet?01/10/10 19:37:00 Matt Palmer
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Anybody been yet?01/10/10 19:45:00 Simon Knight
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Anybody been yet?01/10/10 21:16:00 Martine Guy
                                       Re:Re:Anybody been yet?01/10/10 16:57:00 Jim Maddan
                                          Re:Re:Re:Anybody been yet?01/10/10 17:21:00 Martine Guy
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Anybody been yet?02/10/10 21:18:00 James Dixon

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