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The Inclusive Museum
The Museum as a Means of Visual Persuasion
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- Title: The Museum as a Means of Visual Persuasion
- Author(s): Frances E Brandau, James Donald Ragsdale
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: The Inclusive Museum
- Journal Title: The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum
- Keywords: Visitors, Visual Persuasion, Museum Functions, Museums as Icons
- Volume: 6
- Issue: 2
- Date: January 16, 2014
- ISSN: 1835-2014 (Print)
- ISSN: 1835-2022 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-2014/CGP/v06i02/58329
- Citation: Brandau, Frances E E, and James Donald Ragsdale. 2014. "The Museum as a Means of Visual Persuasion." The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum 6 (2): 39-45. doi:10.18848/1835-2014/CGP/v06i02/58329.
- Extent: 7 pages
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Abstract
This paper argues the proposition that among the various purposes for museums, visual persuasion is a principal one. This persuasion may have several sub-goals, but its primary one is to establish the museum as an icon for the city and country in which it is located. The "argument," as it were, has three components: the value of the museum's collection, the display of the collection, and the visual power of the museum's architecture.
