The poetry of the museum: A holistic model of numinous museum experiences

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-263

  Latham, Kiersten F ^a  

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Author keywords

Aesthetic experience; Museum collections; Museum exhibitions; Museum visitor experience; Numinous; Public programs; Transactional; Visitor studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848820566     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647770701628594     Document Type: Article

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