Museum communication and storytelling

Articulating Understandings Within the Museum Structure

Bibliographic Data

ID5717870
AuthorsJane K Nielsen (0000-0002-8937-4644, University of St Andrews, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume32
Issue5
Pages440-455
Publication date2017-10-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMuseum Management and Curatorship (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-7775 • E-ISSN: 1872-9185
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09647775.2017.1284019
OpenAlexW2581903879
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited19

This paper seeks to define museum communication as a useful concept and process by applying storytelling as a way of identifying museums’ interpretation, relevance and meaning-making focus. Although museums are very familiar with these terms, their impact on how museums communicate has rarely been defined. The paper offers a theoretical definition of museum communication and seeks to implement this in museum practice through the concept of storytelling and the way it influences internal and external museum communication. Defining a clear museum communication requires defining individual practices and approaches at museums as well. For the individual museum this can be approached by stating a clear museum communication definition but more importantly through empirical elements of storytelling. How museums define their communication and form narratives will impact both internal and external practices

Art · Epistemology · Literature · Museum informatics · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Storytelling · Visual arts · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Museology · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Visual Culture and Art Theory

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