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Leisure visitor’s responses to natural history dioramas

Gkouskou, E; Tunnicliffe, SD; (2018) Leisure visitor’s responses to natural history dioramas. In: Scheersoi, A and Tunnicliffe, S, (eds.) Natural History Dioramas – Traditional Exhibits for Current Educational Themes: Socio-Cultural Aspects. (pp. 9-24). Springer: Cham, Switzerland.

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on the responses of leisure visitors who had chosen to visit a museum with natural history dioramas. Different ‘voices’ are heard from different visitors and during a visit constituent members influence what each other says because constructing meaning about the world is a social activity but their a reflection on the experience is individual as they leave. The visitor’s prior knowledge and the visitor’s interest in the exhibit, all have the potential to influence the visitor’s attitudes and responses to the exhibits. Some adults were asked questions at the diorama whilst other responses were from written responses on the questionnaire provided at the exit. The opinions of visitors to the dioramas were elicited through a questionnaire. They were asked to describe the ‘story’ of the diorama. There was a variation in responses depending on the age of the visitors. Young people’s responses were very factual and short whereas pensioners talked of memories such as working in one of the countries portrayed. Many visitors also related to what they had seen in the media.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Leisure visitor’s responses to natural history dioramas
ISBN-13: 9783030002077
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00208-4_2
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00208-4_2
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Visitor, Dioramas, Response, Museum, Natural history, Agenda
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10111288
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