Background
The Hungarian sample
"Because there is nothing to see."
...nothing meaningful for them?
In place of conclusions: further questions related to the main issues of empirical aesthetics
457 students from different Universities
Remarks on museum visits
What does a museum mean for young adults?
Data of ITEMS (Innovative Teaching for European Museum Strategies, 2010-12)
"smell of a crypt"
"frightening caretakers"
"… the level of my blood-sugar fell down."
"This exhibition is for someone who comes on his or her own decision not because it is a must."
Non-linear correlation between perception of museum and number of visits: Is there a dimension from avoiding art to expertness?
Original art pieces vs easily accessible copies
Museum visits in the past and in the future
How to make people visit museums?
marketing task
education issue
Challenges of digital age
The perception of museums
- some interesting data
visiting museum is a social activity
visit online sites is a lone activity
but
sharing the experience online is social
- if someone goes to museums learns at least a little - more visits correspond to more learning
- if someone goes to museums feels at least a little emotional - more visits correspond to more emotionality
- ceiling effect - from about 5 visits per a year
- no contradiction between antic vs contemporary museums regarding the perceived learning
Museophobe vs museophile
In order to getting closer to the perception of museum visits two concepts were generated upon the data related to museum visits.
Museophobe
Museophile
- the weakest positive attitudes and the strongest negative attitudes on museum visits
- agree: preference on other cultural activities, museum is not the proper place for learning, learning is more effective from books
- disagree: museums provide important knowledge, museum visit makes you more open-minded, appreciation of objects in museums is a good feeling
- the second strongest positive, the second weakest negative attitudes on museum visits,
- agree: museums provide important knowledge, museum visit makes you more open-minded, appreciation of objects in museums is a good feeling
- disagree: preference on other cultural activities, museum is not the proper place for learning, learning is more effective from books
- the highest internal motivations (among museum visitors), the external motivations are average
Patterns of museum perception in Hungarian university students
Peter Bodor, Aniko Illes, Kitti Balog
The role of the museum in the education of young adults: attitudes, motivations, emotions and learning processes, Rome, University Roma Tre, 10-11 October 2013