Learning in the history museum: designing exhibit labels that engage visitors
| dc.contributor.advisor | Rose, Ellen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cogswell, Alexandra | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-01T16:34:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-01T16:34:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-04T00:00:00Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This qualitative study examined the ways that exhibit labels influence the process of engagement at a history museum. New labels were designed for an existing exhibit at a local museum. Volunteers were invited to visit and share their experience in a post-visit survey and interviews. The results suggest that labels can significantly influence visitor engagement, by initiating, extending, transforming, interrupting, or severing connections with display objects; that prior museum experience is a determining factor in museum visitors’ response to labels; and that to understand engagement in the museum, it is necessary to interact with visitors rather than simply observing them. | |
| dc.description.copyright | © Alexandra Cogswell, 2016 | |
| dc.description.note | Degree Name mislabeled as "Masters of Education" on the title page. Seven (7) unnumbered pages of appendices between body text and CV. | |
| dc.format | text/xml | |
| dc.format.extent | vii, 110 pages | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/14146 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_CA | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Education | |
| dc.title | Learning in the history museum: designing exhibit labels that engage visitors | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Education | |
| thesis.degree.fullname | Master of Education | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.Ed. |
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