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The engaging museum : developing museums for visitor involvement / Graham Black.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: HeritagePublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005Description: xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415345561
  • 9780415345569
  • 041534557X
  • 9780415345576
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 069 22
LOC classification:
  • AM7 .B56 2005
Contents:
Introduction : meeting the demands placed on the twenty-first century museum -- Sect. 1. Museum audiences : their nature, needs and expectations -- 1. 'Traditional' museum audiences : a quantitative and qualitative analysis -- 2. Developing new audiences -- Sect. 2. Operating for quality -- 3. Stimulating the visit -- 4. Visitor services : operating for quality -- Sect. 3. Learning in museums -- 5. Museums and lifelong learning -- 6. Use of museums by schools -- Sect. 4. Planned to engage : using interpretation to develop museum displays and associated services -- 7. Applying the principles of interpretation to museum display -- 8. Interpretive master planning -- 9. Concept development for museum galleries -- 10. The engaging museum.
Summary: This very practical book guides museums on how to create the highest quality experience possible for their visitors.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : meeting the demands placed on the twenty-first century museum -- Sect. 1. Museum audiences : their nature, needs and expectations -- 1. 'Traditional' museum audiences : a quantitative and qualitative analysis -- 2. Developing new audiences -- Sect. 2. Operating for quality -- 3. Stimulating the visit -- 4. Visitor services : operating for quality -- Sect. 3. Learning in museums -- 5. Museums and lifelong learning -- 6. Use of museums by schools -- Sect. 4. Planned to engage : using interpretation to develop museum displays and associated services -- 7. Applying the principles of interpretation to museum display -- 8. Interpretive master planning -- 9. Concept development for museum galleries -- 10. The engaging museum.

This very practical book guides museums on how to create the highest quality experience possible for their visitors.

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