Ergonomics and cultural heritage: the Palatina chapel in Palermo, Italy
The present article presents results of a study that aims at the assessment of ergonomic safety conditions inside the Palatina chapel of Palermo. To reach this object, an informative questionnaire was established so as to collect visitors’ subjective judgments regarding overall ergonomic conditions...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2007-07-01
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| Series: | Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage |
| Online Access: | http://conservation-science.unibo.it/article/view/1229 |
| Summary: | The present article presents results of a study that aims at the assessment of ergonomic safety conditions inside the Palatina chapel of Palermo. To reach this object, an informative questionnaire was established so as to collect visitors’ subjective judgments regarding overall ergonomic conditions in terms of accessibility, availability, safety or else environmental conditions (thermo-hygrometry; air, sound and visual quality); this stage was carried out, bearing in mind the Museum Visitors’ Rights Card that is currently under creation by the “Legambiente” group. An automatic instrument was bought to daily count the numbers of visitors; the latter element shall then be related to indoor environmental data registered thanks to a monitoring system of thermohygrometry, illuminating engineering and environmental aggressiveness. |
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| ISSN: | 1974-4951 1973-9494 |