Museums and silent objects : designing effective exhibitions

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Museums and silent objects : designing effective exhibitions

Francesca Monti and Suzanne Keene

Ashgate, c2013

  • : hbk

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Later printing published: London : Routledge

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-287) and index

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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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