Museum Exhibitions and Suspense
The Use of Screenwriting Techniques in Curatorial Practice
Samenvatting
This book
Takes insights from screenwriting to revolutionize our understanding of exhibition curating.
Focuses on how despite all genuine efforts to reach broader audiences, museums persistently fear to risk credibility by becoming ‘too popular’.
Explores the enormous potential to learn from other storytelling forms which are more experienced in the field of entertainment.
Offers a comparative in-depth analysis of three classical Hollywood films and three cultural historical exhibitions demonstrates how dramatic suspense techniques can be applied to exhibitions.
addresses academics and students in the fields of museum studies, gallery studies, and heritage studies interested in how exhibitions function and in how to achieve dramaturgical effects like suspense.