Comparative Visitation Patterns in German Museums

This paper presents comparative visitation patterns found in evaluation studies in German museums. It reveals statistics on the number, type, and development of museums in Germany as a central European country, and correlates these structures to their specific visitor patterns and visitor behavior, attitudes, and preference. The source of these findings is a three-year survey in Westfalen, a region with 200 museums which resembles a model of the total German museum structure.