A study of children visitor’s behavior and the exhibition of the Science Museum

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 視覺傳達設計系碩士班 === 95 === Science museums of the whole world are investigating some new ways to attract young audiences. The participative type of exhibition is most often used method in a science museum, which provide a good interactive opportunity to learn for the parents and child...

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Main Authors: Ling-Yi Weng, 翁泠沂
Other Authors: Fang-Sui Lin
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28326076524119923871
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Summary:碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 視覺傳達設計系碩士班 === 95 === Science museums of the whole world are investigating some new ways to attract young audiences. The participative type of exhibition is most often used method in a science museum, which provide a good interactive opportunity to learn for the parents and children and also can broaden children’s visiting experiences effectively. The “experts’ interviews,” “case study,” and “visitors’ non-participating behavior research” methods were applied in this research to understand family visitors’ behaviors and how this type of exhibition affect their experience in attracting power, holding power and exhibition effect . This research took the “Science Laureates” and “Children''s Science Center” at the National Science and Technology Museum as the research area in order to comprehend what kinds of factors such as the environment, exhibitions or service would influence the visitors’ experience during their visit. Understanding the audience after getting into museum, whether meeting because of environment, demonstration or service factor of influence, and become different visit experience to find a valid improvement a demonstration the strategy of[with] result The results we found hopefully could offer a valid strategy for museum curators when planning exhibitions. The search results were as follows: (1) The display attraction mainly comes from “children (behavior mode) as visiting leaders” and “display position” that would affect the attracting power of a display. (2) “Children visitors’ affinity,” “easiness of exhibition itself” and “exhibition feedback” affects visitors’ vitality. (3) Show product in “control mode,” “game mode,” “experiencing mode,” “interactive exhibition mode,” it can reach entertainment and study exhibition result effectively. (4) “Participating products should present its fullness of explaining contents.” “Good social and interactive behavior can effectively improve study.” “The role of adults’ teaching behavior can help children’s visiting experience.” Those can all effectively enhance children visitors’ visiting desire: (5) Suggestions of visitors toward museum and exhibitions: “Improve theme construction of optical, acoustic, tactual senses.” “Enhance visitors guide tour function and directions of visiting way.” “Propagate safety use to visitors with regular management and preservations.” “Consider that children have different demand and using ways instead of adults.” “Essayistic boards should be shortened, and display in bulletins.” “Environmental information communication should display in united view.” “Increase volunteered tour guides.”