<font face="Varsayılan Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dear Curators of Art Museum,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font color="#222222">I would like to invite you to participate in “</font></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interactive Spaces<a href="file:///C:/Users/Nesli%20Gul/Desktop/TEZ_NESLI/Raporlar/tez_bolumler/6.b%C3%B6l%C3%BCm/anket/questionnaire_artmuseums.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">[1]</span></span></span></a> and Art Object in the Art Museums<font color="#222222">” survey. This survey is a part of my </font>graduate thesis in Museum Studies Program at Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The purpose of this research study is to gather data about the nature of art museums’ interactive spaces. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">More specifically, I would like to know the exhibition design strategies of art museums regarding the installation, display and interpretation of art objects for target audiences in interactive </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">spaces</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Your participation will contribute to the understanding<span class="apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> of </span>the physical context of museum display in interactive </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">spaces</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The survey must be completed by an individual who is involved with designing, installing or managing exhibitions in your museum. <b>If you are not involved with designing, installing, or managing exhibition programs</b></span><span class="MsoCommentReference" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 14.720001220703125px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> in</b></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> your museum, please forward it to the most appropriate person. </b>Only one survey should be completed in each museum.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your participation in this research study is<span class="apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><em>voluntary</em></span><em><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span></em><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will do my best to keep your information confidential. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Data collected from this survey will be aggregated so that your responses included with the others’ will be reported together in a research report without revealing neither your own nor the museum’s identity individually. The result of this study will be used for scholarly purposes only.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The survey has been divided into 4 sections:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">A.<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">General Information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">B.<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interactive Spaces</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">C.<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Art Object and Interactive Space<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">D.<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Contact Information<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">This 35-question survey will take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. I thank you for taking the time to complete the survey. Although I would really appreciate an immediate response, the survey is open until <b>March 3, 2014. </b>After this deadline, I would like to have a brief conversation with some of you who self-identified themselves as volunteers to participate in this follow-up research.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is the address for the survey:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://tr.surveymonkey.com/s/interactivespaces_artmuseums" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">https://tr.surveymonkey.com/s/interactivespaces_artmuseums</span></a><u><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can either click on the link or cut and paste the address into your browser. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I’d like to thank you for your participation and I look forward to seeing your responses. Thank you very much for the support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ress. Assist. Saliha Nesli GÜL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yıldız Technical Univesity Faculty of Art and Design<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Museum Studies Graduate Program Student<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="mailto:sngul@yildiz.edu.tr" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">sngul@yildiz.edu.tr</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">, </span><a href="mailto:nsl.gl@hotmail.com" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">nsl.gl@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Call: +902123835031<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cell Phone: +905385127094<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; box-sizing: border-box;"><br clear="all"><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%"><div id="ftn1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Nesli%20Gul/Desktop/TEZ_NESLI/Raporlar/tez_bolumler/6.b%C3%B6l%C3%BCm/anket/questionnaire_artmuseums.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title="" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333333015441895px;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333333015441895px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interactive space in this questionnaire means that an exhibition or a gallery provides/includes interactive devices in the museum area. It is related with physical interaction with a device; it doesn’t include “mental interaction”. Interactive exhibition prompts a response which changes the state of the exhibit; the change is under the control of the visitor (Stephen Bitgood, Suggested Guidelines for Designing Interactive Exhibits, 1991). (E.g. “Artsparks interactive family gallery” in Speed art museum or “Galery one” in Cleveland museums of art).</span></p></div></div><div></div></font>