Book Knowledge Quest: Australian families visit museums.
Citation: Lynda Kelly, Gillian Savage, Janette Griffin and Susan
Tonkin. 2004. Knowledge Quest: Australian families visit
museums.. (http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Australian-
Families-Visit-Museums). Australian Museum: Sydney. ISBN
0734723164. 64 pp.Abstract: Across the world, museums have paid
considerable attention to the needs of children and families
through the development of targeted exhibitions, activities and
programs and as special-purpose areas. This study was undertaken
to bring together current information about family visit
experiences, and is the second of the audience research series
produced by the Australian Museum, Sydney and the National
Museum of Australia, Canberra. The first publication, Energised,
engaged, everywhere: older Australians and museums (Kelly,
Savage, Landman and Tonkin, 2002) focused on museum visitors
aged over 65 years. That report also provided an overview of the
museum industry in Australia, trends in Australi