Holmes & Edwards - Volunteers as hosts and guests in museums
Holmes, K., & Edwards, D. (2008) Volunteers as hosts and guests in museums. In K. D. Lyons, S. Wearing (EDS) Journeys of discovery in volunteer tourism: International case study perspectives (155-165). CABI Books. CABI International. ISBN 978-1-84593-380-7217; eISBN: 978-1-84593-381-4
This chapter uses the extant research on museum audiences to conceptualize the relationship between museum visiting and volunteering. First, the chapter examines the literature relating to museum visitors; second, it considers research on museum volunteers; and finally these two literatures are compared and a conceptual model of museum visiting and volunteering is presented. It is concluded that volunteering is an extension of visiting and that volunteers and visitors are motivated by similar goals.
Holmes & Edwards “Volunteers as hosts and guests in museums”