The thrill for a blind or partially sighted person or a person that learns kinesthetically would be the thrill of learning. I have been in many art museums throughout the country and I have never had the opportunity to touch reproductions. Fully sighted I too would occaisionally like to feel textures. On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, Amalyah Keshet wrote: > ---------------Original Message--------------- > > > Give some credit where it is due - art museums have used "hands-on" learning > techniques with these types of objects for decades. Unfortunately, many have > not introduced this material into the gallery for a variety of reasons, and > have instead limited its use to educational tours and special galleries or > exhibitions. Even so, many visitors seem to be attracted to the lure of the > original - "I touched a Van Gogh!!" - rather than "I touched the impasto of a > simulated Van Gogh!!" The thrill is not there - the connection to the > world-famous, often long-dead hero/artist is denied. > > Kevin > [log in to unmask] > > > ----------End of Original Message---------- > > A very valid point - in my experience, the one paramount thing a visitor to a mu > seum is > looking for is authenticity -- the thrill of the "real thing." Otherwise, the y > could go to > any other place offering reproductions of experience (movies, for example). > > ------------------------------------- > Name: amalyah keshet > visual resources / the israel museum, jerusalem > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Date: 02/25/96 > Time: 08:03:58 > > ------------------------------------- >