ABSTRACT

Within the field of sensory museology, olfactory approaches are gaining more attention, from curators, heritage communication and education, artists and researchers. However, olfactory museology, conducting and studying experiments with smell in curatorial practices, is suffering from a lack of documentation – both regarding the experiments conducted, and the impact of the approaches. In this paper we report on the development of scented guided tours in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (2015–2020): a co-creation between academics, heritage professionals, and the scent industry. We describe 1) the creation of historically informed and artistic scents to accompany works of art, 2) the experimentation with different methods for olfactory storytelling and smell distribution techniques, 3) the development of a methodology for impact measurement (through questionnaires, interviews and observation), and 4) the outcomes of the impact analysis, also taking into account the advantages of olfactory storytelling for people of different abilities, in this case blind people and people with low vision.

摘要

在感官博物馆学领域，嗅觉方法越来越受到策展人、遗产传播和教育、艺术家和研究人员的关注。然而，嗅觉博物馆学，在策展实践中进行和研究气味实验，却缺乏文献——无论是关于所进行的实验，还是这些方法的影响。在本文中，我们报告了阿姆斯特丹国立博物馆香味导览的发展（2015-2020 年）：学者、遗产专业人士和香味行业之间的共同创造。我们描述了 1) 为艺术作品创造具有历史意义和艺术气息的气味，2) 对嗅觉叙事和气味分布技术的不同方法的实验，