<font face="Varsayılan Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dear </span></font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Curators of Art Museum,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a follow-up to my e-mail (at the end of this e-mail) requesting assistance on “Interactive Spaces and Art Object in the Art Museums” survey for my graduate thesis that aims to gather data about the nature of art museums’ interactive spaces. 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 spaces. Although I would really appreciate an immediate response, the survey is open until March 7, 2014.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you have already completed and submitted the questionnaire, please accept my sincere thanks and ignore this email. If not, I encourage you to respond. Your participation in this study will contribute to a better understanding of “interactive spaces” in the museum in the United States and abroad.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Follow this link to take the survey:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="https://tr.surveymonkey.com/s/interactivespaces_artmuseums" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;">https://tr.surveymonkey.com/s/interactivespaces_artmuseums</a></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I appreciate your volunteering to participate in the study. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.<br><br>Ress. Assist. Saliha Nesli GÜL</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yıldız Technical Univesity Faculty of Art and Design</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Museum Studies Graduate Program Student</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="mailto:sngul@yildiz.edu.tr" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="color: windowtext;">sngul@yildiz.edu.tr</span></a>, <a href="mailto:nsl.gl@hotmail.com" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="color: windowtext;">nsl.gl@hotmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Call: +902123835031</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cell Phone: +905385127094<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dear</span></font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Curators of Art Museum,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font color="#222222">I would like to invite you to participate in “</font></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interactive Spaces<a name="_ftnref1" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><a href="file:///C:/Users/Nesli%20Gul/Desktop/TEZ_NESLI/Raporlar/tez_bolumler/6.b%C3%B6l%C3%BCm/anket/questionnaire_artmuseums.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank" title="" style="cursor: pointer;">[1]</a> and Art Object in the Art Museums</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font color="#222222">” survey. This survey is a part of my </font></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">graduate thesis in Museum Studies Program at Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The purpose of this research study is to gather data about the nature of art museums’ interactive spaces. 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 spaces. Your participation will contribute to the understanding of the physical context of museum display in interactive spaces.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="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 in your museum, please forward it to the most appropriate person.</b> Only one survey should be completed in each museum.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your participation in this research study is <i>voluntary. </i>I will do my best to keep your information confidential. 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.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The survey has been divided into 3 sections:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">A.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">General Information</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">B.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interactive Spaces</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">C.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Art Object and Interactive Spaces</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">D.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Contact Information</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="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 March 7, 2014. 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><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is the address for the survey:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://tr.surveymonkey.com/s/interactivespaces_artmuseums" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">https://tr.surveymonkey.com/s/interactivespaces_artmuseums</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can either click on the link or cut and paste the address into your browser. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="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.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Best Regards,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ress. Assist. Saliha Nesli GÜL</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yıldız Technical Univesity Faculty of Art and Design</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Museum Studies Graduate Program Student</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:sngul@yildiz.edu.tr" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">sngul@yildiz.edu.tr</span></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:nsl.gl@hotmail.com" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">nsl.gl@hotmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Call: +902123835031</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cell Phone: +905385127094</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br clear="all"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><hr size="1" width="33%" align="left"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Varsayılan Sans Serif', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><font size="2"><a name="_ftn1" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><a href="file:///C:/Users/Nesli%20Gul/Desktop/TEZ_NESLI/Raporlar/tez_bolumler/6.b%C3%B6l%C3%BCm/anket/questionnaire_artmuseums.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank" title="" style="cursor: pointer;">[1]</a><span style="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></font></p><div></div></font>