The implied visitor in a planetarium exhibition

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The implied visitor in a planetarium exhibition. / Nicolaisen, Line Bruun; Achiam, Marianne.

In: Museum Management and Curatorship, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2020, p. 143-159.

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Nicolaisen, LB & Achiam, M 2020, 'The implied visitor in a planetarium exhibition', Museum Management and Curatorship, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 143-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2019.1691637

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Nicolaisen, L. B., & Achiam, M. (2020). The implied visitor in a planetarium exhibition. Museum Management and Curatorship, 35(2), 143-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2019.1691637

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Nicolaisen LB, Achiam M. The implied visitor in a planetarium exhibition. Museum Management and Curatorship. 2020;35(2):143-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2019.1691637

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Nicolaisen, Line Bruun ; Achiam, Marianne. / The implied visitor in a planetarium exhibition. In: Museum Management and Curatorship. 2020 ; Vol. 35, No. 2. pp. 143-159.

Bibtex

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