Product Description

The Engaging Museum is a practical guide book for museums and students on museum studies courses on how to create the highest quality experience for museum visitors.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #162369 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 308 pages

Review
'The Engaging Museum charts a logical path from audience development to interpretation in the gallery, synthesising much thinking of the last 20 years into a textbook of practical value to the student and museum professional.' - Simon Knell, University of Leicester

'As an academic textbook it serves us well, fully developing each topic, and is replete with supporting information and quotes by reputable sources recognized as being on the cutting edge of visitor studies and museum educational curriculum and evaluation.' - David K. Dean, Museum of Texas Tech University

'Graham Black gets to the core of what a museum might aspire to in visitor-centred experience, including interpretive planning based on research, a defined audience and multi-layered opportunities for visitors. He has put into print our goals and aspirations - a truely inspirational read.' - Adera Causey, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga

From the Back Cover

This very practical book guides museums on how to create the highest quality experience possible for their visitors. Creating an environment that supports visitor engagement with collections means examining every stage of the visit, from the initial impetus to go to a particular institution, to front-of-house management, interpretive approach and qualitative analysis afterwards.

This holistic approach will be immensely helpful to museums in meeting the needs and expectations of visitors and building their audience base and includes:

* chapter introductions and discussion sections
* supporting case studies to show how ideas are put into practice
* a lavish selection of tables, figures and plates to support and illustrate the discussion
* boxes showing ideas, models and planning suggestions to guide development
* an up-to-date bibliography of landmark research.

The Engaging Museum offers a set of principles that can be adapted to any museum in any location and will be a valuable resource for institutions of every shape and size, as well as a vital addition to the reading lists of museum studies students.