Research Paper on:
Visitor Studies and How They Developed

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may be related to funding, to subject matter or to the ability of those creating or marketing the attraction. One discipline that has a great deal of use to this  area is that of visitor studies. A displace that has received little interest from the outside world but a topic of study that has a history that can give  important lessons to the current curators, creators and administrators of public events. To understand then history of visitor studies it is first necessary to define what is meant by  the topic. This is a broad topic and considers both the outcomes of a visitor to the visitors as well as the type of visitor that an event may attract.  There is the ability to measure the outcomes, such as learning, but there is also the need to understand who the audiences are as well as what they get out  if an event. By understanding who they are, their needs may be best met. The motivations behind their visits and their expectations all play a part in visitor studies today.  From this is can be seen clearly why and how visitor studies are of value to all those involved in events that seek to attract the public. Visitor studies  can be seen as historically categorised and studied in terms of the educational perspective (Loomis, 1987). This reflects the way that museums and exhibits have traditionally been seen over  the last century as educating and informing, often to a selective audience of those who are likely to understand the exhibits (Hein , 1998, Loomis, 1987). In many ways, this  approach is still appropriate as there is an education function that is both expected and demanded by the public as well as the educational establishment. This is also a role