This article looks at modes of visitor engagement in a music museum setting. As curator for a gallery and collection of European music, I am tasked with representing musical cultures in Europe according to geo-political entity, community group, and genre. I present a case study in which popular music served to connect visitors with display content by instigating interest and creating a sense of personal context for the visitor. By presenting visitors with audio-visual content that was meaningful to them I was able to increase visit length to specific displays. In these cases, I used popular music as a didactic tool to guide visitors towards critical understandings of culture. It allowed me to simply and effectively represent nuances of musi...
This chapter explores the contemporary music tourism, first of all through tracing the particular co...
This chapter explores the contemporary music tourism, first of all through tracing the particular co...
UID/EAT/00472/2013In recent years, there have been several social and cultural developments that hav...
The literature on the popular music museum has primarily focused on the study of heritage and cultur...
The literature on the popular music museum has primarily focused on the study of heritage and cultur...
UID/EAT/00472/2013Popular music is deeply embedded in the dynamics of the contemporary world bymeans...
The literature on the popular music museum has primarily focused on the study of heritage and cultur...
International audienceAlthough we concentrate increasingly on the number of visitors that European m...
UID/EAT/00472/2013Popular music is deeply embedded in the dynamics of the contemporary world bymeans...
International audienceAlthough we concentrate increasingly on the number of visitors that European m...
PurposeIn recent years, there has been a “heritagisation” of pop culture, including music, whereby c...
International audienceThis article analyses the production and reception of a regional exhibition by...
This chapter explores the contemporary music tourism, first of all through tracing the particular co...
This chapter explores the contemporary music tourism, first of all through tracing the particular co...
Drawing on an extensive nationwide survey of UK museum practice and interviews with museum professio...
This chapter explores the contemporary music tourism, first of all through tracing the particular co...
This chapter explores the contemporary music tourism, first of all through tracing the particular co...
UID/EAT/00472/2013In recent years, there have been several social and cultural developments that hav...
The literature on the popular music museum has primarily focused on the study of heritage and cultur...
The literature on the popular music museum has primarily focused on the study of heritage and cultur...
UID/EAT/00472/2013Popular music is deeply embedded in the dynamics of the contemporary world bymeans...
The literature on the popular music museum has primarily focused on the study of heritage and cultur...
International audienceAlthough we concentrate increasingly on the number of visitors that European m...
UID/EAT/00472/2013Popular music is deeply embedded in the dynamics of the contemporary world bymeans...
International audienceAlthough we concentrate increasingly on the number of visitors that European m...
PurposeIn recent years, there has been a “heritagisation” of pop culture, including music, whereby c...
International audienceThis article analyses the production and reception of a regional exhibition by...
This chapter explores the contemporary music tourism, first of all through tracing the particular co...
This chapter explores the contemporary music tourism, first of all through tracing the particular co...
Drawing on an extensive nationwide survey of UK museum practice and interviews with museum professio...
This chapter explores the contemporary music tourism, first of all through tracing the particular co...
This chapter explores the contemporary music tourism, first of all through tracing the particular co...
UID/EAT/00472/2013In recent years, there have been several social and cultural developments that hav...