Project file - The visitors of the open house days of the plateau of Uccle
to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium held on the 25th and 26th of May 2013.

Commissioner

• Royal Observatory of Belgium (KSB-ORB)
• Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA- IASB)
• Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (KMI-IRM)

Research context

The Royal Observatory of Belgium, the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy and the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium are all located on the so called plateau of Uccle. In 2013 these 3 institutions opened their doors for the public to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium.

Aim

The idea for this research was both to look at who visited the plateau of Uccle during this open house days (look for the visitor’s profiles) as well to sound how these visitors appreciated their visit and the different aspects of the visit. The results are also compared with the results of the surveys conducted in 2005,2007 and 2009.

Type of research

• Summative evaluation
• Visitor profiles

Method of data collection

Written survey.
Face-to-face interviews conducted by interviewers.
During the two days of fieldwork a total of 259 questionnaires were filled out.

Contact

• Jan Cuypers, communication department of the Royal Observatory of Belgium
• Tim Somers, communication department of the Belgian Royal Institute for Space Aeronomy
• Alex Delwalque, information and business services department of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

Research period

• 25 and 26 May 2013

Reports

• Full report **