Hesitation before the impact

This study has had a twofold ambition; to probe into the life in museums, and try out some concepts cultural policy research setting. The article does this by analysing encounters between art visiting audiences with use of “acontextual” analytic concepts; event instead experience, affect rather than emotion broad understanding concept atmosphere. Furthermore, empirical material for analysis consists primarily parts elements that often are discarded or excluded examinations. preliminary conclusions invite further probing interface visitors art, imagined world culture actual concrete events spaces settings we tend think as cultural.