Network science for museums

This paper introduces network science to museum studies. The spatial structure of the museum and the exhibit display largely determine what visitors see and in which order, thereby shaping their visit experience. Despite the importance of spatial properties in museum studies, few scientific tools ha...

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Published inPloS one Vol. 19; no. 3; p. e0300957
Main Authors Yoshimura, Yuji, Krebs, Anne, Ratti, Carlo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Public Library of Science 29.03.2024
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects
Analysis
Book publishing
Economic aspects
Educational aspects
Empirical Research
Exhibitions
Knowledge
Mass Behavior
Museums
Narration
Social networks
United States
United Kingdom
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Summary:This paper introduces network science to museum studies. The spatial structure of the museum and the exhibit display largely determine what visitors see and in which order, thereby shaping their visit experience. Despite the importance of spatial properties in museum studies, few scientific tools have been developed to analyze and compare the results across museums. This paper introduces the six habitually used network science indices and assesses their applicability to museum studies. Network science is an empirical research field that focuses on analyzing the relationships between components in an attempt to understand how individual behaviors can be converted into collective behaviors. By taking the museum and the visitors as the network, this methodology could reveal unknown aspects of museum functions and visitor behavior, which could enhance exhibition knowledge and lead to better methods for creating museum narratives along the routes.
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ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0300957