Toward an Objective Description of the Visitor Immersion Experience

January 1st, 1990 | RESEARCH

In this article, Jacksonville State University researchers define and analyze the "immersion" visitor experience. The researchers present preliminary findings from a study that attempted to explore some of the dimensions of this visitor experience of immersion. Subjects in this study were 241 visitors to the Anniston Museum of Natural History in Anniston, Alabama.

Document

VSA-a0a2c4-a_5730.pdf

Team Members

Stephen Bitgood, Author, Jacksonville State University
Elizabeth Ellingsen, Author, Jacksonville State University
Donald Patterson, Author, Jacksonville State University

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 0892-4996

Publication: Visitor Behavior
Volume: 5
Number: 2
Page(s): 11

Tags

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