Creating Museum Exhibition: What the public want?

Authors

  • Shamsidar Ahmad Post Graduate Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
  • Mohamed Yusoff Abbas Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
  • Wan Zaiyana Mohd. Yusof Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Art & Design,Universiti Teknologi MARA , Malaysia
  • Mohd. Zafrullah Mohd. Taib Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i11.98

Keywords:

Museum, museum learning and museum exhibition.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is the identification of issues from the perspective views of museum scholars and experts toward creating direction in developing museum exhibitions in Malaysia for public learning. Recently, museums have developed a strong interest in technology as their path more towards of leisure industries. However, there are contradicting opinions arising between using “traditional†approach and “interactive†technology exhibition techniques for visitor learning. This paper initiates a search for such literature and identifies key concepts for further deliberations. Finally, these findings are intended to formulate the best-practice on learning “tool†in a museum exhibition practice.

Keywords: Museum; museum learning and museum exhibition. 

eISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. 

http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i11.98

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2018-05-19

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Ahmad, S., Abbas, M. Y., Mohd. Yusof, W. Z., & Mohd. Taib, M. Z. (2018). Creating Museum Exhibition: What the public want?. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 3(11), 27–36. https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i11.98

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