ABSTRACT
This chapter follows on from a research project developed for a Master's degree. As I am a museum education officer, the purpose of the research was to use a variety of evaluation techniques in the assessment of gallery use by schools, in particular in the learning of science. It was felt important to improve the quality of museum visits for the increasing numbers of school groups coming to the museum. This was part of a development plan to improve education services. The gallery chosen for the study was the Rutland Dinosaur at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, which is popular with schools and has a selection of recently developed resources available for their use. The gallery was opened in 1985 and displays a dinosaur found in an Ironstone quarry in Great Casterton, Rutland, east Leicestershire, England. Displayed with it are a number of large sea reptiles found in north Leicestershire. These reptiles, plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs were found in rocks of an age similar to those containing the dinosaur.
