The Role of Movement in Exhibition

January 1st, 1988 | RESEARCH

This is a summary of A.W. Melton's 1936 paper, "Distribution of Attention in Galleries in a Museum of Science and Industry." Melton studied the role of movement in attracting visitors by evaluating a gear-shaper located in the machine tool section of the New York Museum of Science and Industry. Melton determined that while any kind of movement attracts visitors, the overall consequences of this movement on the exhibit may not be be positive.

Document

VSA-a0a2j0-a_5730.pdf

Team Members

Stephen Bitgood, Editor, Jacksonville State University

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 0892-4996

Publication: Visitor Behavior
Volume: 3
Number: 1
Page(s): 12

Tags

Audience: Evaluators | General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | Engineering | Physics | Technology
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits