Museum consultancy projects
Our work at museums is focussed on four key areas:
• Market assessments and visitor research
• Operational reviews with a focus on financial resilience planning
• Option appraisal and visitor experience development planning
• Feasibility studies and supporting business plan to secure capital and revenue funding
Some of the museum consultancy projects we have worked on include:
• Novium Museum, Chichester District Council: Post-opening operational review and production of a marketing action plan
• Moira Furnace Museum and Country Park, North West Leicestershire District Council: Market assessment and options appraisal
• Tenby Museum and Art Gallery Museum: Governance evaluation and location assessment
• Cambridge Museum of Technology: Business resilience planning
• Tenby Museum and Art Gallery Museum: Income generation
Please see projects we have worked on within the museums sector here. We also work across the wider heritage sector – please see example projects here.
Whilst we don’t prepare activity plans, interpretation plans or designs, we regularly work with activity planners, interpretation experts, conservation architects and landscape architects.
Added value: Direct operational experience
Our sister company, Planning Solutions Limited, has invested in and manages a number of heritage attractions and other visitor centres. Kent Life – a heritage farm park in Maidstone, CONKERS a discovery centre in the National Forest and the Cotswold Beach and Country Park. From 2010 to 2022 they also managed the National Brewery Centre (formerly known as the Bass Museum).
PSL is responsible for all aspects of managing these businesses from staffing through to marketing and day-to-day operations. This includes the catering, retail, events, education, guided tours, collections, corporate activities and all other activities.
Clients have said a few words about our work:
“Planning Solutions Consulting Ltd were our preferred supplier following a highly competitive procurement process and demonstrated an edge in their knowledge, experience and insights throughout the whole consultation. The combination of operational and business development knowledge, the expert team, and a really proactive approach to engaging with our stakeholders resulted in a robust and credible Feasibility Study (for Parc Howard Museum) that will become an essential tool for taking our project forward. We were listened to but also encouraged to consider new ideas, shown how these could work and the benefits they could bring by better meeting our long term goals.” Morrigan Mason, Museums Development Manager, Carmarthenshire County Council. Please click here to read other testimonials.
Contact us
If you have any questions or would like to discuss our work within museums sector please don’t hesitate to call Richard Linington on 07866 742628 or email richard@pslplan.co.uk