Edutainment heritage tourist attractions: A portrait of visitors' experiences at Storyeum

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-175

  Hertzman, Emily ^a   Anderson, David ^a   Rowley, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Edutainment; Heritage; Hybrid attractions; Interpretation; Museum studies; Visitor studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049091948     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647770802012227     Document Type: Article

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