Investigating The Influence of Exhibition Modes on Visitors at A Museum — A Case Study of The National Museum of Natural Science

• Main Authors: Lin-Hungi I, 林紅漪
• Other Authors: 翁玉慧
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16227727649611685827

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 設計研究所碩士在職專班 === 96 === In recent years, visiting museums has become one of the daily recreation activities for many people. As a result, museums have developed various exhibition modes to meet the needs of the general public. Also, in order to serve the purpose of recreation and education, visiting behaviors and opinions of the public are important factors that museums put into consideration in deciding their collection and exhibition in the future. This research aims at investigating the influence of exhibition modes on visitors at a museum, and the main purpose is to compare the differences between dynamic exhibition (interaction style) and static exhibition (observation style) in terms of visitors’ spatial experience and learning effects. This research was conducted at the permanent exhibit “the Journey of Human Life” located in the Life Science Hall of the National Museum of Natural Science, and the respondents were visitors to this exhibit. From March 23rd to May 18th of 2008, questionnaires were given to 363 respondents, and 338 valid questionnaires were received. The data obtained from these questionnaires were then analyzed by applying a statistical method to verify the research hypothesis. Based on the analysis of the result, this research has reached the following conclusions: First, concerning spatial experience, visitors were satisfied with the well-designed visiting lines of both dynamic exhibition and static exhibition, but in the acknowledgement degree of congestion, localness and privacy, dynamic exhibition obviously gained more satisfaction than static exhibition. Secondly, in learning effects, the desire for further learning was relatively conspicuous in dynamic exhibition than in the static one, showing that dynamic exhibition was able to attract visitors’ interest and curiosity more, thus generating a desire for further learning.