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Characteristics of ideal museum exhibits

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ID5269936
AuthorsMichael Bryan Alt (corresponding author), K M Shaw (0009-0009-7198-2439, British Museum)
Year1984
Volume75
Issue1
Pages25-36
Publication date1984-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8295.1984.tb02786.x
OpenAlexW2059541940
LanguageEN
Citations received12

A method of classifying museum displays in terms of the ways they are perceived by museum visitors is presented. The experimental and analytical procedures used have a number of advantages over multidimensional scaling and clustering techniques and indicate a general method of investigating the ways in which museum visitors perceive relations between real-world objects in a natural setting

Archaeology · Cluster analysis · Epistemology · Geography · Ideal (ethics) · Machine learning · Multidimensional scaling · Natural (archaeology) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Artificial Intelligence · Color perception and design · Computer Science · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Psychology

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Unique citing works12
Citations per year0.31
Citation span1987 - 2025 (39)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 11

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