From the Museum Experience to the Museum as an Experience
This chapter discusses a major trend in contemporary museology: the delivering of “experiences” as the main aim of the exhibitions. It argues that today museums seek to affect visitors rather than to inform them. Their role is therefore no longer that of repositories of collections, but rather that of performative spaces with a strong narrative component. The chapter analyses the curatorial debate about the “experiential” museum, with particular attention to the role of audio-visuals in shaping this trend.
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