Urban Tourism Museum

Question 1

Post fordist

Answer 1

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—Post Fordist – move from mass production to smaller specialized production; more service oriented economies
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Question 2

Evolution from Manufacturing to “post-Fordist” Service Economies

Answer 2

•Employment in industrial sector decreasing
•Growth in financial, business and personal service sectors – “cultural industries”
•Cities’ economies from industrial to post-Fordist production and consumption
•Economies stress production and consumption of experiences more than physical products
•Cultural forms are becoming the business of cities
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Question 3

Emergence and transformation of the modern museum

Answer 3

19th Century, museums established for national and municipal “cultural credentials”
Created scientific catalogs
Museums considered elitist; promoted scholarship and conservation
Funded by state and wealthy individuals
Status quo for the next hundred years

Question 4

Cultural tourism and museums

Answer 4

}New and refurbished museums
}Large numbers of visitors
}Generate Jobs
}Generate visitors
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Question 5

Flagship Museums and Urban tourism strategies

Answer 5

Flagship Museums:

}A must-see attraction
}Extend the stay in the city
}Attract repeat visitor
}Serve local and visitors, justifying costly public funding
}Icons of the city
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Question 6

Museums as entrepreneurial centers

Answer 6

}Shops and restaurants
}Chains of museum shops
}Hiring out the museum
}Corporate sponsorship
}Blockbuster exhibitions
}Branding and franchising
}Signature architecture
}Building outside the traditional cluster enables regeneration and spatial expansion of the tourist city: Guggenheim Bilbao, Tate
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