Plan Your Visit

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1. What is your age?

What is your age? 13 - 20 years

21 - 40 years

41 - 50 years

51 - 60 years

60+ years

2. Are you?

Are you? Female

Male

3. Where do you live?

Where do you live? Within 50 miles of Washington, DC (specify city)
Other U.S (specify state)
International (specify country)

4. When are you planning to visit the Natural History Museum?

When are you planning to visit the Natural History Museum? within one week

2 - 4 weeks

2 - 3 months

more than 3 months

5. What brings you to the Museum? (Check as many items as apply.)

What brings you to the Museum? (Check as many items as apply.) school/educational purposes

interested in general subject matter

a visit fits in with other plans

the Museum is free

IMAX movie theater

to shop

6. Are you interested in seeing specific exhibits? (Check as many items as apply)

Are you interested in seeing specific exhibits? (Check as many items as apply) Geology, Gems, & Minerals

Ocean Hall

Dinosaurs

Mammals

Butterfly Pavilion

IMAX

None in particular

Other (please specify)

7. Do you have a set amount of time that you plan to visit the Museum?

Do you have a set amount of time that you plan to visit the Museum? Less than 1 hour

1 - 2 hours

2 - 3 hours

3+ hours

No set amount of time

8. Are you planning to participate in any other activities near the Natural History Museum before or after your visit? (Check as many items as apply.)

Are you planning to participate in any other activities near the Natural History Museum before or after your visit? (Check as many items as apply.) No other activities

Dining

Shopping

Visiting other museums

Taking a tour of DC

Visiting with friends or family

Doing business in DC

Attending an event

Other (please specify events or activities)

9. Are you planning to visit:

Are you planning to visit: With a school group?

With another kind of group? (e.g., professional, tour, play)

With family?

With friends?

By yourself?

Other (please specify)

10. Will you use any additional resources to help you plan your visit?

Will you use any additional resources to help you plan your visit? weather information

maps of DC

DC events information

Smithsonian events calendar

Other online informational websites or any other sources (please specify)

11. What information were you looking for to help plan your visit? Check NA for any items that were NOT part of your search.

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Other (please specify)

12. Are you aware that the National Museum of Natural History has its own website which is different from the main Smithsonian website?

Are you aware that the National Museum of Natural History has its own website which is different from the main Smithsonian website? Yes

13. Is there anything you think the Museum of Natural History can do to improve its website for planning a visit? For more room to respond, STRETCH the box from the lower right corner.

Is there anything you think the Museum of Natural History can do to improve its website for planning a visit? For more room to respond, STRETCH the box from the lower right corner.

14. Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. If there are any other comments you would like to make, please write them here. For more room to respond, STRETCH the box from the lower right corner.

Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. If there are any other comments you would like to make, please write them here. For more room to respond, STRETCH the box from the lower right corner.