Here is some information regarding Pittsburgh's
original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular
Science --

Web site cover page:
< http://www.planetarium.cc >

Photographs of building exterior:
<
http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/photoalbumBuhl.htm
>

Archtectural information:
<
http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/Buhlplansspecs.htm
>

Hope this helps.

gaw

>>>Original Message:
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 06:32:21 -0400 
From: "Guillaume Evrard" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Architecture of the museum and the
relationship with the public 
To: [log in to unmask] 
  
Dear all,

I am registered on the MA in Museum Studies at the
University of 
Leicester
(UK).

I am currently gathering information and data to write
my dissertation.

My research is about:
the current and potential role of museum architecture
in the 
relationship
between the museum and the general public.

I would like to focus on the outside architecture, the
envelope of the
museum building.

I am interested in all sorts of museums (art
galleries, science, social
history...).

Is museum architecture attractive for a wide range of
people, 
sustaining
the efforts of museum staff to reach new audiences?
Or, on the other hand, is museum architecture
repulsive and 
off-putting,
playing against the efforts of staff inside the museum
to widen the
audience and make their collections more accessible?

I am interested in hearing about and reading all sorts
of visitor 
surveys
and marketing research enquiring on this issue:
- the relation between the museum and the public
through its venue,
- the perception of the museum building by the public,
both visitor and 
non
visitor.

Thank you in advance for your interest and your
information.

Guillaume Evrard
# 6
50, Knighton Drive
Leicester
LE2 3HB
UK

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] > 
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.planetarium.cc > 
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago: 
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear: 
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > 
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.incline.cc >


		
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