Study of the safe and interesting museum display for all visitors focusing small children and aged people

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350409
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural assets study and museology
• Research Institution: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History
• Principal Investigator: KATO Yuki 神奈川県立生命の星・地球博物館, 学芸部, 主任学芸員 (70342946)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KUDO-HIROTANI Hiroko 神奈川県立生命の星・地球博物館, 企画情報部, 専門学芸員 (10205099) ; OSHIMA Mitsuharu 神奈川県立生命の星・地球博物館, 学芸部, 主任学芸員 (40260343)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 博物館資料 / ハンズオン型資料 / 参加型ワークショップ / 資料作製ボランティア / 展示手法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused the universal design of display which all people can enjoy safety. We product the stuffed animals; mammals and birds using low toxicity medicines. These specimens were located safety, at the point of height and distance from the passage. The explanation text was checked and rewrote at the point of universal design.
As a result the visitor stayed in the exhibition room longer, and the damages of the specimens decreased in spite of the increase of positive contact to the specimens.

Free Research Field

博物館学・鳥類生態学