Engaging the visitor: designing exhibits that work

Contents

Introduction : Visitor engagement--The attention-value model--Interpretive text : Deadly sins revisited: exhibit labels--Practical guidelines for developing interpretive labels--Interest and effort as predictors of reading--Interactive exhibits : Guidelines for designing interactive exhibits--Evaluating the falling feather exhibit--Evaluating a Pepper's Ghost exhibit--Immersion : Immersion experiences in museums--Simulated immersion in exhibitions--The visitor immersion experience--Sensory impressions from a museum visit--Dioramas--Bibliography.