Mapping the olfactory mindscape in museums: a grounded theory investigation into smellscape perception and its impact on cultural tourism experience
Xi Ling & Menlixue Cheng · Frontiers in Psychology
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Published2026-05-26
DOI10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1776370
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The smellscape of an ethnographic museum was documented through participatory smell walks and a survey with 120 visitors and follow-up interviews with 30 of them, describing how visitors detected, associated and evaluated its odours.
One ethnographic museum in China, studied from a tourism perspective; it does not characterise a general museum smell chemically.EXTERNAL RECORD