Pt.1 What we know about visitor attention1. Introduction2. Early Studies3. Theories and Models4. Outcomes of Engaged Attention5. Overview of the Attention-Value ModelPt.2 Understanding value and motivation6. Value as a Combination of Quality and Duration7. How Value Influences C…
This is an innovative interdisciplinary book about objects and people within museums and galleries. It addresses fundamental issues of human sensory, emotional and aesthetic experience of objects. The chapters explore ways and contexts in which things and people mutually interac…
This is an interdisciplinary book about objects and people in museums and galleries. It deals with the fundamentals of human experience of objects. Chapters explore some of the ways and contexts in which things and people mutually interact.
The in-depth, visitor-centered research underlying this book offers nuanced understandings of the interface between visitors and exhibition environments. Museum educators, designers, interpreters, curators, researchers, and evaluators will find this framework of value in both da…
"Museums are among the iconic buildings of the twenty-first century, as remarkable for their architectural diversity as for the variety of collections they display. But how does the architecture of museums affect our experience as visitors? This book proposes that by seeing spac…
"Museums are among the iconic buildings of the twenty-first century, as remarkable for their architectural diversity as for the variety of collections they display. But how does the architecture of museums affect our experience as visitors? This book proposes that by seeing spac…
"The museum today faces complex questions of definition, representation, ethics, aspiration and economic survival. Alongside this we see burgeoning use of an array of new media including increasingly dynamic web portals and content, digital archives, social networks, blogs and o…
Understanding the visitor experience provides essential insights into how museums can affect people's lives. Personal drives, group identity, decision-making and meaning-making strategies, memory, and leisure preferences, all enter into the visitor experience, which extends far …