Visitor Turning and Exiting in Museum Galleries

January 1st, 1988 | RESEARCH

This is a summary of A.W. Melton's 1935 paper, "Problems of Installation in Museums of Art." Melton described a series of studies that demonstrated two important factors that influence visitor behavior: (1) the tendency to turn right when entering a museum gallery and (2) the strong attraction of exits.

Document

VSA-a0a2i6-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): 6

Tags

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