The best and worst of days (and hours) at the Gallery

'What's this?' I hear you say, then 'not more numbers'. All I ask is that you bear with me for a minute at most.

 

  What these two charts shows at a glance is the fact that Saturday has, on average, across the period 15 May – 2 December 2010 been the busiest day, when 26% of all visitors have come to The Crocus Gallery and the period 11am–3pm accounts for 83% of all visitors.

The Gallery does not open on a Sunday or a Monday. Visitors attending events, previews or coming in large parties have been excluded because these numbers would distort the percentages shown.

For the period of the '1st Open Exhibition' (15 May – 19 June 2010), The Crocus Gallery opened 12–6pm, but it soon became obvious that very few visitors came during the last two hours (4–6pm), so we made the decision to open from 11am–4pm instead (26 June – to date).

When compiling tables and charts I am always mindful of the saying: 'There are lies, damn lies and statistics'. They can be confusing. There are always exceptions and the need to qualify the information used. As the person responsible, all I can say is that I think the above graphs offer a fair picture of when visitors come along to The Crocus Gallery. I am sure we can use this information to improve visitor numbers. How? To be honest, I am not sure. That's something we all need to think about, then discuss.