Museums and their visitors / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill. by Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Research and evaluation; 5. Welcoming visitors; 6. Responding to visitor needs; 7. Language and texts; 8. …”
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Designing for the Museum Visitor Experience. by Roppola, Tiina

Table of Contents: “…Designing for the Museum Visitor Experience; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Envisaging the Discipline; 2 Exhibition Design as Mediation; 3 'Experience' in Museums; 4 Deconstructing Visitor Experience; 5 Framing; 6 Resonating; 7 Channelling; 8 Broadening; 9 Design for Exhibition Ecologies; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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The Engaging Museum : Developing Museums for Visitor Involvement. by Black, Graham

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- The Engaging Museum -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: meeting the demands placed on the twenty-first century museum -- Section 1 Museum audiences: their nature, needs and expectations -- 1 'Traditional' museum audiences: a quantitative and qualitative analysis -- Introduction: the rise of museum visitor studies -- Audience segmentation -- Market surveys -- Quantitative visitor surveys -- Qualitative data on visitor expectations, motivations and needs -- Discussion: an audience in decline -- trends and challenges.…”
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Research informing the practice of museum educators : diverse audiences, challenging topics, and reflective praxis / edited by David Anderson, Alex de Cosson and Lisa McIntosh, Uni...

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Interpretive planning for museums : integrating visitor perspectives in decision making / Marcella Wells, Barbara Butler, and Judith Koke. by Wells, Marcella D., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Integrating Visitor Perspectives in Project Interpretive Planning; 7. …”
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Attention and value : keys to understanding museum visitors / Stephen Bitgood. by Bitgood, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Part 1. What we know about visitor attention -- Introduction -- Early studies -- Theories and models -- Outcomes of engaged attention -- Overview of the attention-value model -- Part 2. …”
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Understanding and implementing inclusion in museums / Laura-Edythe Coleman. by Coleman, Laura-Edythe, 1975-

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Museum Thresholds : The Design and Media of Arrival / edited by Ross Parry, Ruth Page and Alex Moseley.

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Learning Conversations in Museums. by Leinhardt, Gaea

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 6: Looking Through the Glass: Reflections of Identity in Conversations at a History MuseumChapter 7: Voices and Images: Making Connections Between Identity and Art; Chapter 8: Looking for Learning in Visitor Talk: A Methodological Exploration; Chapter 9: Conversations Across Time: Family Learning in a Living History Museum; PART III: CONVERSATIONS: A MOMENT OF LEARNING; Chapter 10: Building Islands of Expertise in Everyday Family Activity; Chapter 11: Negotiations of Thematic Conversations About Biology; Chapter 12: Finding Self in Objects: Identity Exploration in Museums.…”
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Religious objects in museums : private lives and public duties / Crispin Paine. by Paine, Crispin

Table of Contents: “…Objects curated : How curators ascribe a new significance to their objects, but still offer them respect even when keeping them under tight control -- Objects visited : How religious objects relate to their visitors -- Objects worshipped and worshipping : How objects in museums can be worshipped or even "worshipping" -- Objects claimed : How religious objects are demanded "back" from museums -- Objects respected : What respecting a religious object means, and how respect is shown -- Objects demanding and dangerous : How religious objects are put into museums to render them harmless, and how relics can turn the museum into a shrine -- Objects elevating : How objects in museums can be purely secular, yet as Works of Art or works of Nature have spiritual power and the ability to elevate the soul -- Objects militant : How religious objects are converted and fight for their new masters -- Objects promotional : How religious objects promote the faith of their masters -- Objects explanatory and evidential : How religious objects explain their faith and their culture -- Conclusion: What have we learnt and how we can help religious objects in museums fulfil their public duties?…”
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Fundraising and Strategic Planning : Innovative Approaches for Museums / edited by Juilee Decker.

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Museum space : where architecture meets museology / Kali Tzortzi. by Tzortzi, Kali

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Reshaping museum space : architecture, design, exhibitions / edited by Suzanne Macleod.

Table of Contents: “…Spatial culture, way-finding and the educational message : the impact of layout on the spatial, social and educational experiences of visitors to museums and galleries /…”
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The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication / edited by Kirsten Drotner, Vince Dziekan, Ross Parry and Kim Christian Schrøder.

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- List of figures--List of tables--List of contributors--Acknowledgements--Volume introduction: MEDIA, MEDIATIZATION AND MUSEUMS: A NEW ENSEMBLE -- The editors-- --Section 1: FOUNDATIONS-- --1.0--Section introduction -- The editors--1.1 -- Walk-in media: International exhibitions as media space--Anders Ekstrm--1.2 -- The museum as a media producer: Innovation before the--digital age -- Peter Pavement--1.3--Revisiting the utopian promise of interpretive media: --An autoethnographic analysis drawn from art museums, 19912017 -- Peter Samis--1.4--Online collections, curatorial agency and machine-assisted curating -- Bodil Axelsson--1.5--Visitor and audience research in museums -- Susan Anderson-- --Section 2: ENVIRONMENTS-- --2.0--Section introduction -- The editors--2.1--Rethinking museum/community partnerships: Science and natural history museums and the challenges of communicating climate change -- Karen Knutson--2.2--Mobile media, mobility and mobilisation in the current museum field -- Rikke Haller Baggesen -- 2.3--Learning and engagement in museum mediascapes -- Palmyre Pierroux--2.4--The museum as an arena for cultural citizenship: Exploring modes of engagement for audience empowerment -- Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt and Pille Runnel--2.5 -- The museum as a charged space: The duality of digital museum communication -- Bjarki Valtysson and Nanna Holdgaard --Section 3: PRACTICES-- --3.0--Section introduction -- The editors--3.1 -- From elsewhere to everywhere: Evolving the distributed--museum into the pervasive museum -- Vince Dziekan and Nancy Proctor--3.2--Digital media ethics and museum communication--Jenny Kidd -- 3.3--Complexities of collaborating: Understanding and managing differences in collaborative design of museum communication -- Line Vestergaard Knudsen and Anne Rrbk Olesen--3.4--Participation in design and changing practices of museum development -- Dagny Stuedahl --Section 4: VISUAL ESSAY---4.0--Incident(al) Readings -- Vince Dziekan --Section 5: DIRECTIONS-- --5.0--Section introduction -- The editors--5.1--Smart media: Museums in the new data terroir -- Lauren Vargas -- 5.2--The proliferation of aura: Facsimiles, authenticity and digital objects -- Sarah Kenderdine and Andrew Yip--5.3 -- Assets, platforms and affordances: The constitutive role of media in the museum -- Kathleen Pirrie Adams--5.4--Feeling the Exhibition: Design for an Immersive and Sensory Exhibition Experience -- Maholo Uchida and Jingyu Peng--5.5 -- Museums and cultural diversity: A persistent challenge -- Ien Ang -- Index.…”
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Learning in the museum / George E. Hein. by Hein, George E., 1932-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; The significance of museum education; Educational theory; Early visitor studies; The countenance of visitor studies; Ladder and network theories; Studying visitors; Evidence for learning in the museum; The Constructivist Museum; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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What makes learning fun? : principles for the design of intrinsically motivating museum exhibits / Deborah L. Perry. by Perry, Deborah L., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Understanding visitor experiences -- Visitors, conversation, and learning -- Interpretive activism -- An overview of the Selinda model of visitor learning -- Designing visitor experiences -- Communication -- Collaboration -- Guidance -- Curiosity -- Perceptual curiosity -- Intellectual curiosity -- Interest -- Confidence -- Success -- Expediency -- Challenge -- Expectations -- Uncertainty -- Control -- Choice -- Power -- Play -- Imagination -- Sensory exploration -- References -- Appendix A. …”
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The small museum toolkit. edited by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Stacy Klingler.

Table of Contents: “…Editors' note; preface; chapter one. start spreading the news: marketing and communication; chapter two. in lieu of mind reading: visitor studies and evaluation; chapter three. like a good neighbor: community advocacy for small museums; chapter four. accessibility is for everyone; chapter five. good visitor service, or "put down the pencil and put on a smile!"…”
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Effective exhibit interpretation and design / Tessa Bridal. by Bridal, Tessa, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 -- Designing an exhibit and a program space simultaneously -- Retrofitting and Adding Interpretation to Existing Exhibits -- No Program Space -- Challenges and Benefits of collaborative exhibit design/fabrication and interpretation/program development -- Communication -- Organization -- Space -- Dead space -- Location -- Connection to exhibit -- Sound and activity from adjacent exhibits -- Storage -- Technical needs -- Visitor comfort -- Address the needs of an audience to see, hear, and focus -- Discuss the various styles of interpretation best suited to the goals of your exhibit -- Results -- Chapter 2 -- Mascots -- Exhibit host/greeter -- Tours -- Guest presenters -- Object carts -- Facilitated programs -- Demonstrations/presentations -- Character appearances -- Storytelling -- Creative dramatics -- Living history -- Museum theatre -- Chapter 3 -- Program development -- Expectations of the programs and those who present them.…”
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Curating America : journeys through storyscapes of the American past / by Richard Rabinowitz ; with illustrations by Richard T. Hoyen. by Rabinowitz, Richard

Table of Contents: “…History, dislocated ; Envisioning place on gallery walls ; Museum visitors on center stage ; Museums without walls ; Visitors reinsert human presence into the landscape ; Storyscapes everywhere -- Beholding : interpreting stuff. …”
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Creating exhibitions : collaboration in the planning, development and design of innovative experiences / Polly McKenna-Cress, Janet A. Kamien. by McKenna-Cress, Polly

Table of Contents: “…; Approach and Philosophy; Object or Idea Driven; Dangers for the Subject Matter Expert; Chapter 5: Advocacy for Visitor Experiences; Developing Exhibition Content for Visitors; Getting Started: Developing the Concepts; Strategies for Organizing Information; Synthesizing and Presenting Initial Concepts; Organizing the Concepts into a Cohesive Narrative; Documentation and Presentation; Getting the Details Ironed Out: How Does This Thing Really Work?…”