Interview Transcript - Jessie Pease

How we set up our interviews was we did one interview with children during their experience, and we did another interview at the end of their museum experience. 

Interview During:

J: Jessie

C: Child

P: Parent

J: How long have you been here so far?

C: 2 hours

J: How old are you (child)?

C: 13

J: What languages do you speak? 

C: Swedish, English, and a little bit of French in school

J: How often do you go to museums?

C: Once per month

J: Do you normally enjoy going to museums?

C: Yeah, it’s fun

J: What was the best museum you’ve been to? Why?

C: I like this one. I’ve been here many times. 

P: This is his favorite

C: Also the Technical Museum

J: Do you like interacting with other people while at a museum?

C: That doesn't happen many times. Sometimes we speak to someone, but usually everyone is just there with themselves.

J: Do you think museums should be fun? 

C: It’s really fun right now. It’s also pretty educational. There’s lots of things to do here, not just reading it. I like the interaction, it’s fun.

J: Why did you visit the museum? 

P: He (points to child) wanted to go

J: What are you hoping to get out of the experience? 

C: I’ve been to all of the selections (exhibits), but sometimes there is something new. We already went and saw the casanova movie. The human animal exhibit is new. We had not really been that exhibit yet because it is always really full on weekends. There’s lot of fun things to do and interact with there. You don’t just read, but you learn about yourself. You learn about the human body. 

J: Is there anything that you would do to improve the experience at this museum for you?

C: This exhibit (the fish) is one of the more oldest ones. They could maybe upgrade their equipment. 

P: The one with the fish is very beautiful, but it could be updated a bit. He wants to see changes in the museum when he comes back.

Interview End:

The children for this quick end interview were both under the age of 8 and did not know very much English, so the parent translated for me.

J: Jessie

P: Parent

J: Did you enjoy your visit? 

P: Both said yes

J: What was the worst part of your visit? 

P: Both said nothing

J: What was the best part of your visit? 

P: They both said the human exhibit (where we had interviewed them earlier)

J: What did you learn?

P: The older one said she learned about coral reefs from the movie at the cassanova. The younger one said she learned about how a baby is born. 

J: What could make this museum more fun?

P: Both girls said that there could be more exhibits like the human animal one with interactive stuff.