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IMPACT OF ARCHITECTURE ON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM VISITORS
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Traditional museum is typically characterized especially by presenting exhibits. However, it has recently been enriched by many other features that contribute to the attractiveness of exhibitions. Museum spaces nowadays offer various educational events, creative workshops or shops with artefacts and publications. This paper is aimed at presenting partial research results orientated to human-centered design of museums for children. The introductory part describes innovative design tools that focus on multisensory presentation of exhibits, hands-on, color impact, emotion perception, etc. The main part of the work consists of our team's research. It is focused on the analysis of spatial properties, exhibits and interactions between them. The aim was to discover how those factors influence children's attention. This part of the research was carried out in BIBIANA - International House of Art for Children in Bratislava. The end of the paper indicates further research possibilities that will be explored in the next phase of our study in the future.
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