"This book takes you through the collection gallery by gallery, illuminating the art and installations in each room"--From preface.

In the first book to take a "visitor's eye view" of the museum visit, Falk and Dierking present research findings to demonstrate people's motivations for visiti

Every year 100 million visitor's tour historic houses and re-created villages, examine museum artifacts, and walk through battlefields. But what do they learn?

"[This publication] synthesises the experience and best thinking of leading professionals, looking both inward at how museums function and outward toward their