Former EMBS students conducted a mystery shopping evaluation of the Bruder Grimm Museum in Kassel, Germany. They chose this museum because of the worldwide recognition of the Grimm Brothers. Their expectations were for books, illustrations, and fairy tales along with a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere. They developed a 4-part instrument to evaluate the museum's staff, setting, exhibits, and additional services across 4 steps of a visit. Their evaluation found that the staff was highly moral and empathetic, the setting and atmosphere were very good, and the exhibits were interesting but lacked explanations. They gave an overall score of 82.8% but noted the museum had no additional services or accessibility for disabled people. They concluded the museum had a
2. WHAT?? Bruder Grimm-Museum in Kassel.
REASON We wanted to do something interesting and
entertaining related to the city of Kassel.
Choice: We chose this museum for his worldwide recognition, the Grimm brothers being
internationally famous.
Evaluation: We wanted before all to evaluate the quality of their personnel and the fun
and entertainment this museum could give us.
Our expectations before starting: We didnt know
low expectations,
some books, the service
illustrations, concept!!!!
fairy tales. A comfortable museum and a place to relax.
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3. THE INSTRUMENT 1/3
4 parts corresponding to the 4 steps of a visit.
Different weights that correspond on the impact on the overall
quality of the service;
Two different scales for two different types of questions:
I totally agree I agree Indifferent I disagree Totally disagree
4 PT 3 PT 2 PT 1 PT 0 PT
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5. THE INSTRUMENT 3/3
Final score: 72%
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6. TANGIBLES PROCESS
CORE
AUGUMENTED
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7. RESULTS
Staff: high moral and empathetic; 45%
Settings and Atmosphere: very good;
Exhibits: interesting and well exposed
but lack in explanation;
Very good core but no additional
50%
services. 60%
Problem: no access for disable
82,8%
Our Expectation have been in part confirmed:
there was not a real focus on the stories.
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8. RECOMMENDATIONS
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9. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
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