A Study on the Correlation between Viewing Behavior and Exhibiting Methods in Museums
- Focusing on Viewing Behavior on Weekdays and Weekends in Medium Sized History Museums in Korea -

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Currently museums in Korea are experiencing various kinds of trial and error, as there have not been systematic plans to build museums. Among them, unexpected flow of human traffic produces negative side effects such as ′viewing abandonment′ rather than behavior optimization through well-planned physical environments of museums because of high visitor density on weekends. However, the current status of not mentioning the causal relationship between the problematic phenomena and exhibiting methods is not identified.
Accordingly, this study tried to understand the correlation of viewing behaviors on weekdays or weekends with the exhibiting method from the perspective of visitor density. For the purpose of this study, the authors tried to identify the correlation of viewing behaviors on weekdays or weekends with the exhibiting method from the perspective of quantitative measurement elements. According to the analysis results, viewing behaviors in museums with wall display system were affected by spatial structure, while those with wall and island display system were heavily affected by visitor density.
Through this study, it may be possible to provide indexes for museums proposing optimized viewing behaviors for social education.