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Benefits Visitors Derive from Sustained Engagement with a Single Museum
Author(s) -
Everett Michele C.,
Barrett Margaret S.
Publication year - 2011
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.2151-6952.2011.00108.x
Subject(s) - sustainability , narrative , value (mathematics) , museology , public relations , sociology , political science , visual arts , art , computer science , literature , ecology , machine learning , biology
Museums are currently faced with new challenges and issues of sustainability. Consequently, they are under increasing pressure to provide funding bodies with evidence of their value and worth. This paper reports findings from a narrative study that explored the nature of returning visitors’ engagement with a single museum over time. The study’s findings document a broad range of benefits visitors derive from a sustained relationship with a museum and reveal the significant contributions that sustained engagement with a museum make towards enriching visitors’ lives.