[BCMA] Streakers, skimmers, studiers

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It actually is "Streakers, Strollers, and Scholars".

Jean Andre, Chief of Design at the BCPM, regularly drummed it into the heads of curators and historic sites researchers during the late 60s and early 70s as they struggled with writing exhibits texts.

Apparently he picked it up from Stephan Borheghi, anthropologist and director of the Milwaukee Museum. And he in turn was influenced by an educator named Scrivens who had studied visitors in the galleries. He discovered, for example, that the average time someone spent reading a panel was 11 seconds. That equated to 75 words at most.

What differentiated the three S's from each other mainly was how many panels they would read. (Naturally, the extremes fell outside those bounds; some streakers never read at all while the most dedicated scholars read every last word).

Dan Gallacher





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  Hello fount of knowledge;


  I recall coming across a categorization of typical museum/gallery visitors as streakers, skimmers, or studiers. Can anyone provide any more info on that?


  Thanks;
  Chris


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