Art museums and the global tourist: Experience centers in experiencescapes

Art museums are playing an important role is attracting cultural tourists to global cities and regions. Traditionally, art museums were primarily known for their didactic role. In a post-avant-garde era however museums are more focused on appealing to a broader clientele that want art to be novel and entertaining. Art museums have also come to play a greater role in gentrification projects and cultural precincts. This is because they are ideally suited for tourist-centric environments that offer a variety of immersive sensory experiences, and combine museums (often designed by star-architects), international hotels, restaurants, high-end shopping zones, and other leisure platforms. These "experiencescapes" include Port Maravilha urban waterfront development in Rio de Janiero, the Shanghai Bund, and the Broad project in Los Angeles. The Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart Australia is a boutique player in the global market for experiencescapes. It is smaller than many of its competitors and is situated in a remote part of the world, yet it has made an important contribution to Tasmania’s tourism industry.

Reproduction of artist's rendering of Heinemann Stiftung; Hannover.

Elderly Jews were collected for deportation at the Heinemann Stiftung in 1941 and 1942; Israelitischer Verein fuer Altersversorgung udn Krankenpflege

Reproduction of artist's rendering of Heinemann Stiftung; Hannover.

Elderly Jews were collected for deportation at the Heinemann Stiftung in 1941 and 1942; Israelitischer Verein fuer Altersversorgung udn Krankenpflege

Portrait of the artist Arthur Segal Portraits Men

Born Iasi Romania July 13, 1875, died London 1944

Portrait of the artist Arthur Segal Portraits Men

Born Iasi Romania July 13, 1875, died London 1944

The artist Arthur Segal with his work; London Portraits Men

Born Iasi Romania July 13, 1875, died London 1944

Artist Rafaello Busoni painting a portrait of his daughter Kiki.

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Portrait of artist Rafaello Busoni.

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Portrait of artist Rafaello Busoni.

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Artist Rafaello Busoni seated in his studio next to one of his paintings; Paris.

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Artist Rafaello Busoni with an unidentified man at an outdoor cafe getting his shoes shined.

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Artist Rafaello Busoni surrounded by five unidentified men photographing an open book.

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WinBUGS code to run a network meta-analysis

WinBUGS code and data to reproduce our network meta-analysis from "Control strategies to prevent total hip replacement-related infections: a systematic review and mixed treatment comparison" published in BMJ Open.

Reproduction of artist's rendering of Heinemann Stiftung; Hannover.

Elderly Jews were collected for deportation at the Heinemann Stiftung in 1941 and 1942; Israelitischer Verein fuer Altersversorgung udn Krankenpflege

Reproduction of artist's rendering of Heinemann Stiftung; Hannover.

Elderly Jews were collected for deportation at the Heinemann Stiftung in 1941 and 1942; Israelitischer Verein fuer Altersversorgung udn Krankenpflege