Visitor to Visitor Learning: Setting up Open-Ended Inquiry in an Unstaffed Space

Figures & data

Figure 1. Installation photograph, Coloring the Landscape.

Figure 2. Visitor creations, A Bird in the Hand.

Figure 3. Visitor creations, Inspired by the Everyday.

Table 1. Seven characteristics of family-friendly exhibits.

Multi-sided	the family can cluster around the exhibit
Multi-user	interaction allows for several sets of hands and bodies
Accessible	the exhibit can be comfortably used by children and adults
Multi-outcome	observation and interaction are sufficiently complex to foster group discussion
Multi-modal	the activity appeals to different learning styles and levels of knowledge
Readable	the text is arranged in easily-understood segments
Relevant	the exhibit provides cognitive links to visitors’ existing knowledge and experience