Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience
Understanding the visitor experience provides essential insights into how museums can affect people s lives Personal drives, group identity, decision making and meaning making strategies, memory, and leisure preferences, all enter into the visitor experience, which extends far beyond the walls of the institution both in time and space Drawing upon a career in studying museum visitors, renowned researcher John Falk attempts to create a predictive model of visitor experience, one that can help museum professionals better meet those visitors needs He identifies five key types of visitors who attend museums and then defines the internal processes that drive them there over and over again Through an understanding of how museums shape and reflect their personal and group identity, Falk is able to show not only how museums can increase their attendance and revenue, but also their meaningfulness to their constituents. Read Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience – kino-fada.fr A simple model that makes sense and so much to be done for experience.This book has the potential to change the way museums think about and interact with their diverse visitors.A truly groundbreaking model for thinking about how people experience exhibits This is a must read for museum professionals and anyone interested in identity based engagement and self efficacy.069.15 F1914i 2009Very interesting at the beginning, but becomes repetitive in the last 80 or so pages.Amazing content, terrible writer Just say it already.It sfunctional than fact More utility to be thumbed through over many months than a holiday read.
- English
- 17 November 2017 John H. Falk
- Paperback
- 302 pages
- 1598741632
- John H. Falk
- Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience