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Art Gallery Visitors’ Motivations
Art Gallery Visitors’ Motivations

Author(s): Virginija Jurėnienė, Dovilė Peseckienė
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Visual Arts
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: art gallery; visitor; motivational factors; J. Falk; accessibility and infrastructure; Kaunas Picture Gallery;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the motivational factors of visual art institution consumers. Analysis includes Falk’s identity-related theory of motivation for visiting art institutions that discusses how visitors’ experience begins before visiting a museum and is focused on the consumer’s attitude (identity) validation. Consumers’ motivation to visit an art institution depends on not only the proposals provided by the institution and their value to the consumer, but also on accessibility, the environment, and the personnel’s communication. The article introduces the motivations, expectations of consumers of the services provided by Kaunas Picture Gallery as well as evaluation of the services and infrastructure provided by the organisation obtained during study Visitors’ Expectations in Visual Art Institutions.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 89
  • Page Range: 17-33
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English