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L earning from Ruins: A Visitor Study at Uxmal
Author(s) -
BROWN SUSAN FISHER,
KORAN JOHN J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
curator: the museum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2151-6952
pISSN - 0011-3069
DOI - 10.1111/j.2151-6952.1998.tb00823.x
Subject(s) - visitor pattern , curiosity , psychology , test (biology) , latin americans , subject (documents) , significant difference , arousal , social psychology , linguistics , library science , medicine , philosophy , computer science , ecology , biology , programming language
Few evaluations have been conducted at archeological parks. This study was undertaken to (1) test knowledge gain in visitors, (2) test epistemic curiosity arousal in visitors, (3) record general visitor information, and (4) assess visitor satisfaction. Comparisons between males, females, Spanish speakers, and English speakers were made. Results showed a significant increase in visitor knowledge (p<.05) and a significant difference between epistemic curiosity arousal in Spanish‐ and English‐speaking visitors (p<.05). Latin‐American Spanish speakers evidenced the greatest interest in learning more about the subject. This project also demonstrated the feasibility of conducting evaluations at archeological sites.