Title: Visitor attention in museum and museum fatigue syndrome
Variant title:
- Pozornost návštěvníků v muzeu a syndrom muzejní únavy
Source document: Museologica Brunensia. 2025, vol. 14, iss. 1, pp. 29-37
Extent
29-37
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ISSN1805-4722 (print)2464-5362 (online)
Persistent identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.5817/MuB2025-1-3
Stable URL (handle): https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.82392
Type: Article
Language
English
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 International
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open access
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Abstract(s)
The article is based on a bachelor's thesis that focuses on the phenomenon of museum fatigue and its relationship to visitor attention. The issue of museum fatigue is set within a broader theoretical framework in which factors that influence visitors' physical and psychological fatigue, such as the length of the exhibition, the layout of the space or the way information is presented, are identified. Particular attention is paid to the mechanisms of sustaining attention during a museum visit, and the paper analyses how different museum approaches to exhibit design and interactivity can support this attention. At the same time, it explores the broader contexts that influence the way museum exhibitions are organized and presented.
Článek vychází z bakalářské diplomové práce, která se zaměřuje na fenomén muzejní únavy a její vztah k pozornosti návštěvníků. Problematika muzejní únavy je zasazena do širšího teoretického rámce, v němž jsou identifikovány faktory ovlivňující fyzickou a psychickou únavu návštěvníků, jako je délka expozice, uspořádání prostoru nebo způsob prezentace informací. Zvláštní pozornost je věnována mechanismům udržení pozornosti během návštěvy muzea, přičemž článek analyzuje, jak různé přístupy muzeí k designu expozic a interaktivitě mohou tuto pozornost podpořit. Současně se zabývá širšími souvislostmi, které ovlivňují způsoby, jakými jsou muzejní expozice organizovány a prezentovány.
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