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Research by Design (RbD) Method as a Process for Creating an Effective Museum Message Cover

Research by Design (RbD) Method as a Process for Creating an Effective Museum Message

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
Volume 18 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
By: Aleksandra GRZONKA and  Anna SZEWCZENKO  
Open Access
|Jul 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Exhibition “Everything is Achieved through Hope. The cultural heritage of the Reformation in Silesia”. Source: Silesian Museum
Exhibition “Everything is Achieved through Hope. The cultural heritage of the Reformation in Silesia”. Source: Silesian Museum

Figure 2.

The exhibition “Prohibitions, Exclusions, Superstitions. A photographic story about women in industry”. Source: Silesian Museum
The exhibition “Prohibitions, Exclusions, Superstitions. A photographic story about women in industry”. Source: Silesian Museum

Figure 3.

Exhibition “Close but from a Far World. History of the domestication of mammals”, source: archives of Cechownia Studio
Exhibition “Close but from a Far World. History of the domestication of mammals”, source: archives of Cechownia Studio

Figure 4.

“Głusza” exhibition, Photo: Sonia Szeląg, Silesian Museum archives
“Głusza” exhibition, Photo: Sonia Szeląg, Silesian Museum archives

Figure 5.

“Chopin to Duda-Gracz” Exhibition, source: Silesian Museum
“Chopin to Duda-Gracz” Exhibition, source: Silesian Museum

Figure 6.

Exhibition “Chopinowi Duda-Gracz”, source: Silesian Museum
Exhibition “Chopinowi Duda-Gracz”, source: Silesian Museum

Figure 7.

Exhibition “Everything is Achieved Through Hope”. Cultural heritage of the Reformation in Silesia, source: Silesian Museum
Exhibition “Everything is Achieved Through Hope”. Cultural heritage of the Reformation in Silesia, source: Silesian Museum

Figure 8.

Exhibition “"Prohibitions, Exclusions, Superstitions. A photographic story about women in industry”. Source: Silesian Museum
Exhibition “"Prohibitions, Exclusions, Superstitions. A photographic story about women in industry”. Source: Silesian Museum

Figure 9.

Exhibition “Głusza”, Photo by Sonia Szeląg, Silesian Museum Archive
Exhibition “Głusza”, Photo by Sonia Szeląg, Silesian Museum Archive

Figure 10.

Synthesis of the research process in exhibition design (Authors, 2025)
Synthesis of the research process in exhibition design (Authors, 2025)

Evaluation of the analyzed exhibitions in terms of the applied elements of perception of the exhibition space by the audience (Authors, 2025)

Rating categoriesDetailed exhibition elementsW1W2W3W4W5Validity
User experience
Spatial comfortspatial arrangement+++++5
lighting project+ +++5
elements of relaxation++ ++5
Availabilitytrail route+++++9
signage system+++++9
accessibility elements + 9
Audiovisual experiencevisual effects+++++10
acoustic elements+ +++10
Emotional connectionsimmersive experiences ++ 8
emotional narration ++8
Interactivity
Presentation of the exhibitionpresentation methods ++ 1
exhibitor constructions+++++1
Interactive elementsinteractive exhibits ++ 4
experimental presentations + + 4
Multisensory experiencesarea of cultural exchange+ ++ 2
technological interaction++++ 2
direct interaction + 2
Information availability
Information about the exhibitionproject of panels+++++6
labels and markings+++++3
mobile applications 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2025-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
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Language: English
Page range: 65 - 79
Submitted on: Mar 27, 2025
Accepted on: May 16, 2025
Published on: Jul 1, 2025
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Research by Design,
Museum,
Exhibition design
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture,
Architects, buildings

© 2025 Aleksandra GRZONKA, Anna SZEWCZENKO, published by Silesian University of Technology
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