The Multisensory museum : cross-disciplinary perspectives on touch, sound, smell, memory, and space

Introduction Nina Levent & Alvaro Pascual-Leone Part I: Museums & Touch Chapter 1: Please DO Touch the Exhibits! Interactions between Visual Imagery and Haptic Perception Simon Lacey & K. Sathian Chapter 2: "First Hand," not "First-eye" Knowledge: Bodily Experience in Museums Francesca Bacci & Francesco Pavani Chapter 3: Art-Making as Multisensory Engagement: Case Studies from The Museum of Modern Art Carrie McGee &Francesca Rosenberg Chapter 4: Multi-sensory Engagement with Real Nature Relevant to Real Life Molly Steinwald, Melissa A. Harding, & Richard V. Piacentini Chapter 5: Touch and Narrative in Art and History Museums Nina Levent & Lynn McRainey Part II: Museums & Sound Chapter 6: A Brain Guide to Sound Galleries Stephen R. Arnott & Claude Alain Chapter 7: Ephemeral, Immersive, Invasive: Sound as Curatorial Theme 1966-2013 Seth Cluett Chapter 8: Soundwalking the Museum: A Sonic Journey through the Visual Display Salome Voegelin. Chapter 9: The Role of Sensory and Motor Systems in Art Appreciation and Implications for Exhibit Design A. Casile & L. F. Ticini. Part III: Smell & Taste in Museums Chapter 10: The Forgotten Sense: Using Olfaction in a Museum Context. A Neuroscience Perspective. Richard Stevenson. Chapter 11: The Scented Museum Andreas Keller Chapter 12: The Museum as Smellscape Jim Drobnick Chapter 13: Taste-full Museums: Educating the Senses One Plate at a Time Irina Mihalache Part IV: Museum Architecture & the Senses Chapter 14: Navigating the Museum Hugo Spiers, Fiona Zisch & Steven Gage, Chapter 15: Museum as an Embodied Experience Juhani Pallasmaa Chapter 16: Architectural Design for Living Artifacts Joy Monice Malnar & Frank Vodvarka. Part V: Future Museums Chapter 17: Multisensory Memories: How Richer Experiences Facilitate Remembering Jamie Ward Chapter 18: The Secret of Aesthetcis Lies in the Conjugation of the Senses: Reimagining the Museum as a Sensory Gymnasium David Howes Chapter 19: Multisensory Mental Simulation and Aesthetic Perception Salvatore M Aglioti, Ilaria Bufalari & Matteo Candidi Chapter 20: Islands of Stimulation: Perspectives on the Museum Experience, Present and Future Rebecca McGinnis Chapter 21: The Future Landscape of 3D in Museums Samantha Sportun Chapter 22: Technology, Senses and the Future of Museums. A Conversation with Nina Levent, Heather Knight , Sebastian Chan and Rafael Lozano Hammer. Conclusion Index About the Contributors