Currently museums in Korea are experiencing various kinds of trial and error, as there have not been
systematic plans to build museums. Among them, unexpected flow of human traffic produces negative side
effects such as 'viewing abandonment' rather than behavior optimization through well-planned physical
environments of museums because of high visitor density on weekends. However, the current status of
not mentioning the causal relationship between the problematic phenomena and exhibiting methods is not
identified.
Accordingly, this study tried to understand the correlation of viewing behaviors on weekdays or weekends
with the exhibiting method from the perspective of visitor density. For the purpose of this study, the authors
tried to identify the correlation of viewing behaviors on weekdays or weekends with the exhibiting method
from the perspective of quantitative measurement elements. According to the analysis results, viewing
behaviors in museums with wall display system were affected by spatial structure, while those with wall and
island display system were heavily affected by visitor density.
Through this study, it may be possible to provide indexes for museums proposing optimized viewing
behaviors for social education.