Social Influences on the Visitor Museum Experience

January 1st, 1993 | RESEARCH

In this article, Jacksonville State University's Stephen Bitgood outlines variables that influence social learning in museums. Bitgood identifies group variables, which include those that originate from the quality or number of people within the group or from the combination of variables as well as exhibit characteristics, or design features of the exhibit that play a critical role in understanding how visitor groups behave.

Document

VSA-a0a1t0-a_5730.pdf

Team Members

Stephen Bitgood, Author, Jacksonville State University

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 0892-4996

Publication: Visitor Behavior
Volume: 8
Number: 3
Page(s): 4

Tags

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