The museum experience / John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking

Date :

Editeur / Publisher : Walnut Creek : ,Left Coast Press , 2011

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-1-61132-027-5

EAN : 9781611320275

Fréquentation des musées

Musées -- Accueil des publics

Pédagogie muséale

Classification Dewey : 069

Boyd, Willard Lee (1927-2022) (Préfacier, etc. / author of introd)

Résumé / Abstract : The Museum Experience is the first book to take the "visitor's eye view" of the museum visit. It integrates the authors' original research with that from a wide variety of disciplines as well as museum ans visitor studies ranging from science centers and zoos to art and natural history museums in the U.K. and India as well as many in the U.S. Written in clear, non-technical style, The Museum Experience gives museum professionnals a thorough introduction to what is know about : Why people go to museums ; What they do there ; what they learn. It also offers recomandations and guidelines to help museum staff understand their clientele and their interactions with them. it is an essential reference for all museum professionals concerned with the public.