Indigenous Issues and Museum Evaluation
The Audience Research Unit has expertise in evaluating Indigenous programs through working on a range of projects with the Museum's Indigenous staff.
Indigenous Australians exhibition c.1998
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On the right-hand side of this page are links to various publications and projects conducted by the Audience Research Unit in conjunction with the former Aboriginal Heritage Unit.
Below are links to specific evaluation studies and papers related to the Museum's Indigenous Australians exhibition:
- Front-end evaluation study (1997 paper)
- A semiotic analysis of the Indigenous Australians exhibition (1998 study)
- Blog post: What did visitors do after visiting the Indigenous Australians exhibition? (1998 study)
- Developing a Community of Practice: museums and reconciliation in Australia (2002 book chapter reporting on various studies)
- Visitors to the Indigenous Australians exhibition (2009 study)
Lynda Kelly
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4 comments
Lynda Kelly -
5.10 PM, 14 October 2009
Thanks for your feedback. At this stage I'm unsure whether we will be developing activities for kids here as the exhibition is primarily visited by adult tourists. Other research has told us that there are other places in the Museum that families on a limited time frame prefer to visit. Do you think we should?
Mlinda -
12.10 PM, 14 October 2009
Thanks Kelly, the websites is very helpful. I've been at the exhibitions for several times, and i see there are not many activities for kids (apart from the school program). Is there any plan to provide few more things for kids?
Lynda Kelly -
12.10 PM, 08 October 2009
Hi Mary and thanks for your query. As the exhbiton is part of the geneal entry we dont keep specific numbers that visit. We do know, however, that it is the most popular exhibition for international tourists and that visitors find it very moving. I added some visitor comments here: http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/What-did-visitors-do-after-visiting-the-Indigenous-Australians-exhibition
Mlinda -
4.10 PM, 02 October 2009
hello, just wondering where i can find specific data regarding visitor number every year to the Indigenous section at the Ground level? is it popular like Dinosaur exhibits? thks...
