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Needs and Attitudes of Visitors to Historic Aristocratic Residences in Poland

Publication date: 24.10.2019

Culture Management, 2019, Volume 20, Issue 3, pp. 315 - 338

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843976ZK.19.019.11125

Authors

Monika Murzyn-Kupisz
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-970X Orcid
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Needs and Attitudes of Visitors to Historic Aristocratic Residences in Poland

Abstract

The article is based on the results of a questionnaire survey of visitors to two major aristocratic residences in Poland (Castle Museum in Łańcut and Castle Museum in Pszczyna). Sketching the specificity of this type of museums and heritage sites as the background for further analysis, in the text several key issues important from the perspective of management of such institutions and getting financial support for them are discussed. These include: an up to date socio-demographic profile of visitors (direct users of the museums’ offer), their motivations to visit, local spending patterns linked with the visitors’ stay in a given town, the level of satisfaction with the visit, shortcomings of the museums or their surroundings from the perspective of tourists. Undertaking this sort of audience studies might also, as shown by research results, provide a broader perspective on the social perception of museums, supplying them with evidence on the complexity of values that might be linked with such heritage institutions by society in general.

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Information: Culture Management, 2019, Volume 20, Issue 3, pp. 315 - 338

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:
Needs and Attitudes of Visitors to Historic Aristocratic Residences in Poland
English:

Needs and Attitudes of Visitors to Historic Aristocratic Residences in Poland

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-970X

Monika Murzyn-Kupisz
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-970X Orcid
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Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 24.10.2019

Article status: Open

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