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Relevant Museum Experiences: A Proposed Visitor Categorization Matrix

Osman, Ezz Eldin M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1467987890

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2016, MDES, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design.
This paper proposes a visitor relevance categorization matrix that will help museum designers achieve better relevant experiences for diverse museums visitors. First, the paper will explore museum definitions, museums’ different roles, and briefly monitor the museum transitions through history. It will also examine the factors that create and shape museum experiences, and introduce the possibilities of adapting information spaces in educational museums where diverse visitors will be able to decode and connect to given information in museum spaces. Then, it will analyze the existing museum visitors’ categorizations and consider who the visitors are and their different identity-related purposes of each visit. The paper will present an analysis of the fundamental structures, obstacles, and processes used for creating successful communicative environments for a diverse audience. The proposed visitors’ matrix is a tool for museum designers and educational museum institutions to consider while developing effective visitor experiences. This matrix will allow visitors to make connections, assess values, and create meaningful associations with museum subject matter or objects. It will drive visitor curiosity and encourage them to explore deeper and construct learning. Integrated with other methods, the matrix will assist museums’ role in achieving education and a well-informed society in the 21st century’s modern societies.
Oscar Fernandez, M.F.A. (Committee Chair)
Matthew Wizinsky, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
40 p.
Design
Museum experience; museum visitor; visitor categorizations; relevant experiences; museum designers; museum institutions

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  • Osman, E. E. M. (2016). Relevant Museum Experiences: A Proposed Visitor Categorization Matrix [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1467987890

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Osman, Ezz Eldin. Relevant Museum Experiences: A Proposed Visitor Categorization Matrix. 2016. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1467987890.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Osman, Ezz Eldin. "Relevant Museum Experiences: A Proposed Visitor Categorization Matrix." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1467987890

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