The theme of the centrality of the public and its involvement in the use and interpretation of the museum has finally stimulated generations of reserchers to re-read this device also in the light of new cognitive sensitivities; the focus on Audience Development and Public Engagement addressed the discussion in an exclusive way, so much so as to represent a mantra that the most lively technicians and experts, sometimes pushed to consider the public as a consumer, awaited.

Texts by: Patrizia Asproni, Lucia Cataldo, Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, Alberto Del Bimbo, Irene Di Ruscio, Perla Gianni Falvo, Vincenza Ferrara, Alessandra Ferrini, Manuela Fusi, Valentina Gensini, Antonella Guidazzoli, Anna Maria Marras, Paolo Mazzanti, Elena Mazzi, Sarah Dominique Orlandi, Robert Pettena, Cesare Pietroiusti, Alfredo Pirri, Antonia Silvaggi, Anna Soffici, Maria Rosa Sossai, Francesca Velani, Valentina Zucchi