![]() ![]() ![]() Walter Anderson (1903-1965) was a shamanic artist who painted the life and landscapes of the Gulf Coast Islands, often camping there for days at a time. At a recent visit to the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, MS, I happened upon an interactive board full of sticky notes. I too, can’t help but read how visitors feel about exhibits. She calls this “the sticky-note effect” ( Exploring the Sticky Note Effect, available online at ). Sara Devine, Director of Visitor Experience and Engagement at the Brooklyn Art Museum ( great job title btw), went even further in her observation that visitors were more interested in the hand-written notes that other visitors wrote than the expensive labels placed within their exhibit. ![]() I’ve noticed in my travels to art museums that they are including more ways for visitors to contribute their thoughts, or drawings, or expressions of how a certain topic or art piece may make them feel. ![]() Larry Beck and Ted Cable wrote in their excellent book Interpretation for the 21 stCentury (2002) that “research has shown that interactive exhibits of any sort are more effective at attracting and holding attention, and enhancing learning, than passive exhibits” (p.87). ![]()
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