Ergonomics and cultural heritage: the Palatina chapel in Palermo, Italy

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  • Salvatore Barbaro
  • Rosario Caracausi
  • Bénédicte Chaix
  • Rosa Maria Chisesi

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-9494/1229

Abstract

The present article presents results of a study that aims at the assessment of ergonomic safety conditions inside the Palatina chapel of Palermo. To reach this object, an informative questionnaire was established so as to collect visitors’ subjective judgments regarding overall ergonomic conditions in terms of accessibility, availability, safety or else environmental conditions (thermo-hygrometry; air, sound and visual quality); this stage was carried out, bearing in mind the Museum Visitors’ Rights Card that is currently under creation by the “Legambiente” group. An automatic instrument was bought to daily count the numbers of visitors; the latter element shall then be related to indoor environmental data registered thanks to a monitoring system of thermohygrometry, illuminating engineering and environmental aggressiveness.

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Barbaro, S., Caracausi, R., Chaix, B., & Chisesi, R. M. (2007). Ergonomics and cultural heritage: the Palatina chapel in Palermo, Italy. Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-9494/1229

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