THE STYLES AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF ART MUSEUMS ACCORDING TO TYPES OF EXHIBITION : Part 2. A study on the planning of art museums
Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: The objective of this research is to determine the differences in the manner of exhibition style of art museums. Art museums may be classified into 4 types as follows : 1) museums with fixed exhibitions having their own collections; 2) museums with rotating exhibitions having their own collections; 3) museums with temporary collections (leased collections); 4) museums that are a combination of 2) and 3) above; Exhibition styles are characterized according to the display style of the art work, supplementary communication system, and furnishing or equipment systems. In this paper, we found out that there are distinctive features in the exhibition styles of the 4 types of museums as mentioned above.
Authors: Chejin LIN, Kaichiro KURIHARA
Institution: University of Tsukuba
Language: English
Subfield: Museology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W139586685