Museums as Artifacts: How Architecture and History Influence Museums and the Visitor Experience

The Built Environment of a museum provides a backdrop for every activity undertaken in a museum. It can complement, distract from, or remain invisible besides the collections the museum contains, but always has an effect on the visitors who come to view those collections. This Thesis will explore the Built Environment of the museum, particularly its effect on museum visitors, through a survey of its historical use and its use today through the case studies of six museums in Central Texas.

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor

Texas State University-San Marcos

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Magera, Amanda Marie

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Hadder, R. Neill

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• Awoniyi, Stephen A.

• built environment
• museums-history
• museums-architecture
• San Antonio Museum of Art
• McNay Museum of Art
• The Alamo
• The Blanton Museum
• The George Washington Carver Museum
• The National Museum of the Pacific War

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/4658

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/4658