Creating a New History Museum: Mapping Visitors’ Expectations and Needs

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F25%3A10499439" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/25:10499439 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=flq7O0~hkD" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=flq7O0~hkD</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/MuB2025-1-4" target="_blank" >10.5817/MuB2025-1-4</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Creating a New History Museum: Mapping Visitors’ Expectations and Needs

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The aim of this study was to describe how a new exhibition about modern history was created and which new approaches were used: such as interdisciplinary teams, mapping visitors&apos; expectations or using research for better exhibition planning. The new exhibition is a pivotal part of the Memory of Nations Institute (MNI) founded by Post Bellum, a non-profit organization with a 20-year-plus history of recording witnesses&apos; memories of historical events from throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. During the design process we applied a visitor-centered approach: we asked visitors what their expectations about this kind of project were and which cultural habits they brought to museums from their previous visits. These research questions were answered via a quantitative survey completed by 808 respondents. We recorded visitors&apos; overall needs which showed that they spent approximately 1-2 hours in museums visited; they came with another person; with increasing age, their willingness to interact with exhibitions decreased; and we discovered preferences regarding particular historic topics. In order to obtain more detailed data we later conducted 26 semi-structured interviews with respondents who originally come from different countries but currently live in the Czech Republic (16). We did similar interviews with Czech respondents (10). This research provided useful information about visitors&apos; general habits in the Czech Republic. Thus, these particular findings can be generalized for broader application.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Creating a New History Museum: Mapping Visitors’ Expectations and Needs

Popis výsledku anglicky

The aim of this study was to describe how a new exhibition about modern history was created and which new approaches were used: such as interdisciplinary teams, mapping visitors&apos; expectations or using research for better exhibition planning. The new exhibition is a pivotal part of the Memory of Nations Institute (MNI) founded by Post Bellum, a non-profit organization with a 20-year-plus history of recording witnesses&apos; memories of historical events from throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. During the design process we applied a visitor-centered approach: we asked visitors what their expectations about this kind of project were and which cultural habits they brought to museums from their previous visits. These research questions were answered via a quantitative survey completed by 808 respondents. We recorded visitors&apos; overall needs which showed that they spent approximately 1-2 hours in museums visited; they came with another person; with increasing age, their willingness to interact with exhibitions decreased; and we discovered preferences regarding particular historic topics. In order to obtain more detailed data we later conducted 26 semi-structured interviews with respondents who originally come from different countries but currently live in the Czech Republic (16). We did similar interviews with Czech respondents (10). This research provided useful information about visitors&apos; general habits in the Czech Republic. Thus, these particular findings can be generalized for broader application.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/TL03000123" target="_blank" >TL03000123: Expoziční vzdělávací nástroje Paměti národa pro 21. století</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Museologica Brunensia

ISSN

1805-4722

e-ISSN

2464-5362

Svazek periodika

14

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

38-54

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105012239635