Museums and silent objects : designing effective exhibitions
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Museums and silent objects : designing effective exhibitions
Ashgate, c2013
- : hbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Later printing published: London : Routledge
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-287) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In a society where split-second decisions about the value of things are grounded on how they look, museum visitors are often drawn to visually striking or iconic objects. This book investigates the question of the treatment of items on display in museums which are less conspicuous but potentially just as important as the striking objects, arguing that it is important to show that all objects illustrate potentially interesting cultural contexts and content. The authors explore the disciplines of architecture, design, cognitive science and museology and offer a methodology by which the quality of museum exhibitions can be judged from a visitor-centred perspective. They provide new insights into the visitor-object encounter and the relationship between visitors, objects and museums. In addition the book offers a set of useful practical tools for museum professionals - for audience research, evaluating museum displays, and for designing new galleries and striking exhibitions. Richly illustrated with photos and diagrams, and based on studies of famous galleries in world-renowned museums, the book will be essential reading for all those concerned with creating effective exhibitions in museum.
Table of Contents
- 1: Introduction
- 1: Exhibiting Objects - Theories and Concepts
- 2: Architecture and Space Syntax
- 3: Design and Design Idioms
- 5: Cognitive Science, Flow and Beauty
- 5: Museum Studies: Object Biographies, Learning Styles, Levels of Interpretation
- 2: From Concepts to Practice
- 6: Testing the Concepts in Three London Museums
- 7: Concepts and Comparisons: The Three Galleries
- 8: Mummies, Objects, Visitors, and Stories at the British Museum
- 3: Beyond the Visual
- 9: Hands on the Past at the British Museum
- 10: Experiments with Sound, Colour and Interaction
- 11: Sound, Colour and Interaction: What We Learned
- 4: Effective Exhibitions
- 12: Harmony in Ancient Egypt
- 13: Reviewing the Findings
- 14: Conclusions: Effective Exhibitions
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