Museum pricing in contemporary museums : a hybrid model

What are the museum pricing strategies in contemporary western museums? A large qualitative study on museum pricing decisions was conducted between 2001 and 2009, based on thirty case studies in Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France Australia. Results show that the different strategic motivations of price decisions fonn a hybrid model. The hybrid model varies according to unequal organisational learning of the strategic role of pricing in the international museum community. A discussion about these results enables us to understand how this hybrid pricing model in contemporary museums denotes their hybrid transitional identity.

Digital museums

The aim of this research was to investigate the design of a digital museum for the Espai Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain. Acting as a repository of information, it provides an experience and understanding to the general public of the use of geometry within the Sagrada Familia Church by architect Antoni Gaudi.

Connecting museums to communities

Highlights the existence of other factors in the local museum context that can be proactively addressed to help ensure local museums are not under-utilised resources in under-resourced communities. The potential benefits of more constructive relationships between museums and communities are established, via a case study of a specific relationship - the Museum of Victoria and the Victorian Pacific migrant community(ies).