The objects of experience : transforming visitor-object encounters in museums / Elizabeth Wood and Kiersten F Latham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Elizabeth Jane, 1971- author.

Latham, Kiersten Fourshé, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum exhibits--Psychological aspects.

Museum exhibits.

Museum techniques.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2014]

Summary:

"What if museums could harness the emotional and intellectual connections people have to personal and everyday objects to create richer visitor experiences? In this book, Elizabeth Wood and Kiersten Latham present the Object Knowledge Framework, a tool for using objects to connect museum visitors to themselves, to others, and to their world. They discuss the key concepts underpinning our lived experience of objects and how museums can learn from them. Then they walk readers through concrete methods for transforming visitor-object experiences, including exercises and strategies for teams developing exhibit themes, messages, and content, and participatory experiences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1. Thinking About Objects: Object knowledge; The object knowledge framework

Section 2. Object Relationships: Objects as identity; Objects as memories; Objects as reverence

Subject 3. Object Transformations: Using the object knowledge framework; Transformation through design; Transformation through content; Transformation through participation; The end is the beginning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781611322132

1611322138

9781611322149

1611322146

OCLC:

852222326

Publisher Number:

99956637082