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A school group helping to recreate historic mince pie recipes in a Christmas 2009 workshop at York Castle Museum

April 2009 - September 2009

	York Castle Museum	Yorkshire Museum	York Art Gallery	Observatory	York St Mary's	Total all sites
Visiting children in York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery	14	61	15	0	0	90
Primary	616	830	227	0	18	1,691
Secondary	81	46	11	0	0	138
Other	6	0	0	0	0	6
Total	717	937	253	0	18	1,925
Visiting children in non-York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery	68	30	8	0	0	106
Primary	4,110	889	687	0	215	5,901
Secondary	3,108	427	348	0	0	3,883
Other	110	47	110	0	0	267
Total	7,396	1,393	1,153	0	215	10,157
Student Educational visits HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total	39	0	0	0	0	39
Students on a general visit HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total	1,165	120	398	0	63	1,746
Events (Extra activities taking place on site for the general visitor)
Total	10	14	28	39	1	92
Number of visitors to events
Total	62,213	14,479	1,848	3,820	20	82,380
Outreach events
Total	9	5	3	7	0	24
Number users of outreach events
Total	1,411	3,506	40	630	0	5,587
Educational Activities (Workshops)
Total	93	64	24	0	0	181
Informal Learning Groups on site (For example Territories etc…)
Total	5	19	73	0	0	97
Users of informal Learning on site
Total	99	246	1,009	0	0	1,354
Number of instances of teachers in contact with museums, excluding visits with school parties
Total	23	1	6	0	0	30

October 2009 - March 2010

	York Castle Museum	Yorkshire Museum	York Art Gallery	Observatory	York St Mary's	Total all sites
Visiting children in York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery	94	0	154	0	0	248
Primary	1,306	167	777	0	0	2,250
Secondary	202	34	280	0	0	516
Other	0	0	34	0	0	34
Total	1,602	201	1,245	0	0	3,048
Visiting children in non-York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery	347	0	53	0	0	400
Primary	4,483	625	481	0	0	5,589
Secondary	3,003	160	327	0	0	3,490
Other	791	0	108	0	0	899
Total	8,624	785	969	0	0	10,378
Student Educational visits HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total	276	53	347	0	0	676
Students on a general visit HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total	320	0	100	0	0	420
Events (Extra activities taking place on site for the general visitor)
Total	39	7	23	10	0	79
Number of visitors to events
Total	47,650	901	1,964	3,316	0	53,831
Outreach events
Total	4	9	2	2	0	17
Number users of outreach events
Total	178	1,628	200	170	0	2,176
Educational Activities (Workshops)
Total	162	50	76	0	0	288
Informal Learning Groups on site (For example Territories etc…)
Total	21	10	101	7	0	139
Users of informal Learning on site
Total	1,277	796	1,216	208	0	3,497
Number of instances of teachers in contact with museums, excluding visits with school parties
Total	57	2	0	0	0	59

April 2010 - September 2010

	York Castle Museum	Yorkshire Museum *	York Art Gallery	Observatory	York St Mary's	Total all sites
Visiting children in York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery	27	0	2	0	0	29
Figures from same period last year						90
Primary	481	494	539	0	0	1,514
Figures from same period last year						1,691
Secondary	341	0	40	0	0	381
Figures from same period last year						138
Other	19	0	20	0	0	39
Figures from same period last year						6
Total	868	494	601	0	0	1,963
Figures from same period last year						1,925
Visiting children in non-York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery	49	20	10	0	0	79
Figures from same period last year						106
Primary	4,846	418	988	0	0	6,252
Figures from same period last year						5,901
Secondary	4,175	225	900	0	0	5,300
Figures from same period last year						3,883
Other	1,473	0	157	0	0	1,360
Figures from same period last year						267
Total	10,543	663	2,055	0	0	13,261
Figures from same period last year						10,157
Student Educational visits HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total	33	0	0	0	0	33
Figures from same period last year						39
Students on a general visit HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total	655	30	100	0	0	785
Figures from same period last year						1,746
Events (Extra activities taking place on site for the general visitor)
Total	49	12	44	0	0	105
Figures from same period last year						92
Number of visitors to events
Total	19,511	1,960	1,079	1,776	0	24,326**
Figures from same period last year						82,380
Outreach events
Total	7	2	2	4	0	15
Figures from same period last year						24
Number users of outreach events
Total	5,304 ***	564	2,343 ***	118	0	8,329
Figures from same period last year						5,587
Educational Activities (Workshops)
Total	104	29	51	0	0	184
Figures from same period last year						181
Informal Learning Groups on site (For example Territories etc…)
Total	17	8	54	1	0	80
Figures from same period last year						97
Users of informal Learning on site
Total	5,960	342	1,565	157	0	8,024
Figures from same period last year						1,354
Number of instances of teachers in contact with museums, excluding visits with school parties
Total	32	2	4	0	0	38
Figures from same period last year						30
* Yorkshire Museum was closed until August. New method of counting visitors to the Castle Museum Studios from 2010, to try to record more sustained visits. Finding a perfect method of recording these visits is ongoing. * Includes Great Yorkshire Show.

October 2010 - March 2011

	York Castle Museum	Yorkshire Museum *	York Art Gallery	Observatory	York St Mary's	Total all sites
Visiting children in York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery	366	28	87	0	0	481
Figures from same period last year						29
Primary	785	398	485	0	0	1,668
Figures from same period last year						1,514
Secondary	211	2	153	0	0	366
Figures from same period last year						381
Other	360	99	155	0	0	614
Figures from same period last year						39
Total	1,722	527	880	0	0	3,129
Figures from same period last year						1,963
Visiting children in non-York school groups (Ages 0-16)
Nursery	103	2	4	0	0	109
Figures from same period last year						79
Primary	3,294	1,593	400	0	0	5,287
Figures from same period last year						6,252
Secondary	1,943	227	275	0	0	2,445
Figures from same period last year						5,300
Other	1,253	436	557	50	0	2,296
Figures from same period last year						1,360
Total	6,593	2,258	1,236	50	0	10,137
Figures from same period last year						13,261
Student Educational visits HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total	15	38	40	0	0	93
Figures from same period last year						33
Students on a general visit HE + FE (Ages 17+)
Total	334	73	319	0	0	784
Figures from same period last year						785
Events (Extra activities taking place on site for the general visitor)
Total	23	3	23	0	0	53
Figures from same period last year						105
Number of visitors to events
Total	26,988	2,404	1,241	939	0	31,572
Figures from same period last year						24,326
Outreach events
Total	1	4	0	0	0	5
Figures from same period last year						15
Number users of outreach events
Total	40	407	2,343	0	0	447
Figures from same period last year						8,329*
Educational Activities (Workshops)
Total	135	67	35	0	0	237
Figures from same period last year						184
Informal Learning Groups on site (For example Territories etc…)
Total	20	19	46	0	0	92
Figures from same period last year						80
Users of informal Learning on site
Total	3,991	752	511	89	0	5,343
Figures from same period last year						8,024
Number of instances of teachers in contact with museums, excluding visits with school parties
Total	35	12	6	0	0	53
Figures from same period last year						38
* Includes Great Yorkshire Show.