Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp

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1 Harry Schram Educator, KMDA/RZSA Antwerp Zoo Planckendael Blankenberge Serpentarium IZE

2 This pres entation will take jus t 6 minutes. Harry Schram Educator, KMDA/RZSA Antwerp Zoo Planckendael Blankenberge Serpentarium

3 This pres entation will take jus t 6 minutes. That s all they gave me. Harry Schram Educator, KMDA/RZSA Antwerp Zoo Planckendael Blankenberge Serpentarium

4 In it, I will mention 6314 different references.

5 In it, I will mention 6314 different references. Ok, maybe 6313.

6 I will talk about adults, anthropomorphis m, attitudes, audiovis uals, biodivers ity, cas e s tudies, children, communication, cons ervation ps ychology, cons ultants, criticis m, dis abilities, education, ethics, ethnic minorities, exhibit des ign, experiments, experiences, families, field trips, focus groups, future challenges, gender, graphics, groups, handhelds, informal learning, interviews, learning s tyles, leis ure s tudies, live animal s hows, long-term impacts, media influences, interactives, interpretation, methodology, mind mapping, multilingualis m, mus eums, non-compliant behavior, optimal experiences, orientation, perception, popular knowledge, qualitative and quantitave res earch, ques tionnaires, readability, s chools, s cience centres, s igns and labels, s ocial ps ychology, s emiotics, s urveys, s us tainability, tracking & timing,

7 or in s hort, about exhibit evaluation and vis itor s tudies

8 Now wait a minute I have jus t s hown you 6 s lides without a s ingle photo.

9 Actually, that makes 7. Nice photos are abs olutely neces s ary to gras p the attention of the audience. So here you have s ome.

10 Here are a few.. Harry Schram Educator, KMDA/RZSA Antwerp Zoo Planckendael Blankenberge Serpentarium

11 Ok, hopefully that will keep you focus ed for the next 3 minutes at leas t. (By the way, did you notice the Sis tine Chapel among all the zoo photos?)

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13 What s in it for you?

14 Thos e 6314 references. Who has done what, and why, and how.

15 Of cours e primarily from the zoo and aquarium world

16 But there is als o a lot of info on education and interpretation in a more general s ens e: methodology, target groups, different media, vis itor ps ychology, even about overlaps with marketing, leis ure s tudies, etc, not jus t about zoos and aquariums als o from other s ectors, s uch as mus eums, s cience centres, national parks

17 Mus eums? So, perhaps that explains the Sis tine Chapel...

18 And there is more.

19 And there is more. Our vis itors do not arrive as blank s heets, s o there is a lot of background info on public attitudes to wildlife, to animals, to cons ervation in a general s ens e.

20 It is abs olutely free, and acces s ible to everyone. The s econd edition will be online jus t about now. /education ww.e aza.ne t/ac tivitie s /e duc ation/doc ume nts / %20Vis itor%20s tudie s %20B ibliography%20%20v0.3.pdf

21 And what s in it from you?

22 Send us your references! Have you done any kind of vis itor s tudies? (publis hed or not) Let us know! harry.s c hram@kmda.o rg

23 Send us your references! Have you done any kind of vis itor s tudies? (publis hed or not) Let us know! harry.s c hram@kmda.o rg We thank you.

24 Send us your references! Have you done any kind of vis itor s tudies? (publis hed or not) Let us know! harry.s c hram@kmda.o rg Our vis itors thank you.