Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2018

Abstract

Since the last decades of the 21st century, museums have been forced by the pressure of change to switch practices and outlook to transform museum visitors from passive consumers in a collection focused ‘static exhibition’ to active participants in a visitor centered ‘interactive technology exhibition’, to enhance the museum visitor’s experience of the exhibits collection by providing a wide range of activities, programs and technologies that reinforce the communication of the museum exhibits core message. The aim of this paper is to analyze different categories of the museum visitors learning identities and experiences every time they visit and revisit the museum. The literature review scenario achieved the main aim of this paper which is analyze the interrelationships between museum visitors learning identities and their museum experiences through analyzing the eight main categories: Types of exhibition techniques, modes of visitor apprehension, type of learning behavior, type of learner, visitor engagement needs, type of motivation, type of visitor and visitor interaction dimensions. The outcome of this paper is a novel model that can be applied to evaluate different types of museums. Applying that outcome to Giza zoo zoological museum as a case study to be evaluated using the novel model. Evaluating the case study according to the eight main categories that analyze the interrelationships between museum visitors learning identities and their museum experiences.

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