Culture Awards Supporting Information

Supporting information for Great North Museum - Dippy on Tour - Best Event Tyneside

Our results

Visitor figures

Year to 7 October 2018Year to 7 October 2019
In-person visits449,319523,975

Sales and donations

Year to 7 October 2018Year to 7 October 2019
Gross sales£141,382£268,799
Gross donations£56,928£82,862

Web traffic

Year to 7 October 2018Year to October 2019
Web sessions182,931275,484

80% new visitors, as illustrated below

Customer satisfaction

https://www.instagram.com/p/B29nZuan090/ "We started our day early & took a leisurely walk across the city to @gnm_hancock. I expected that it would be quiet and Babab would have a nice stroll around looking at the exhibition. How wrong was I!?! We arrived and it was packed with children of all ages running around. The energy was electric and Babab simply couldn't wait to get out of the pram. Not shy in new places, she led the way around and scoped out all the best bits! She screamed with pure joy, we couldn't have brought her to a better place! We went upstairs and found a sensory room called the afterlife - our little girl is already a raver and she was ecstatic running around after the older children copying what they did. It started to get a little rough so we took her out - she wailed.. we were party poopers in her eyes! We continued through the rest of the display till we reached the room where #dippyontour was. Stood towering over everyone it was amazing to see him again...also the first time as a family with #Fatherbee!! Score: 5/5 an amazing time for Babab. Well organised, lay out was great. Good facilities including spacious changing facilities for mums and dads! Pram friendly. Would very much recommend that you go - dippy there or not!

Social Media following

At 7 October 2018At 7 October 2019
Facebook1048312744
Twitter1159012551
Instagram24763357
Total2454928652

Awards wins

Family Friendly Museum Award 2019 - "Best Medium Museum" -  https://kidsinmuseums.org.uk/2019/10/andrew-carnegie-birthplace-museum-wins-family-friendly-museum-award-2019/

Living North Awards 2019 - "Attraction of the Year" - https://www.livingnorth.com/northeast/events/living-north-awards-2019-winners

Media coverage

Live broadcast on BBC One - 17 May 2019

Broadcast coverage on ITV - 17 May 2019

Front page coverage - 16 May 2019

Selected online coverage

https://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/news/dippy-boosts-great-north-museum-hancock-visitor-numbers-to-decade-high/

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/last-chance-see-dippy-dinosaur-17010774

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dippy-new-home-how-fellow-16288830

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/happy-couple-tie-knot-great-16429506

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/newcastles-great-north-museum-host-16593253

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dippy-extinction-rebellion-hancock-newcastle-16463923

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/extinction-rebellion-play-dead-round-16474453

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dippy-dinosaur-hancock-museum-newcastle-16749076

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/win-newcastle-meeting-dippy-dinosaur-15960630

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17306649.dippy-the-diplodocus-is-coming-to-newcastles-great-north-museum/

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/dippy-newcastle-big-story-fun-15657509

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/society-celebrates-190-years-caring-16803599

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