ECHO ROOM

Interested in Sector Insights?

The Echo Room sector dataset is the first longitudinal record of what museum visits do to people over time — aggregated across institutions, exhibition types, and visitor profiles at a scale no single museum could generate alone. For researchers, journalists, policy makers, and cultural institutions who need to understand how aesthetic experience connects to cultural participation, belonging, and behaviour, this dataset fills a gap that no existing instrument addresses. Annual access to the sector insights report is available to research institutions, cultural media, and policy organisations. Get in touch to discuss what the data can offer your work.

Echo retention by museum type

Which types of museum visits stay with people the longest?

  • Art78%
  • Ethnography71%
  • History64%
  • Science51%
  • Photography74%
Sector average echo retention:68%

Prior knowledge & effects

Does prior knowledge predict the immediate effect of a visit?

Prior KnowledgeImmediate Effect
  • None6.2
  • Some7.4
  • A lot8.1

Familiarity makes the visit land harder immediately.

Prior knowledge & effects

Does prior knowledge predict the lasting effect of a visit?

Prior KnowledgeLong-Term Effect
  • None7.9
  • Some7.6
  • A lot6.8

Visitors with no prior knowledge of an artist retain the experience more strongly eight weeks later.

*Illustrative data — hypotheses to be tested

Do you want access to sector data? Please e-mail sanne@echoroomproject.com to get started.