Random Survey of Public Attitudes to Museums, Archaeology and the Past, 1985

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The aim of this survey was to gauge for the first time public attitudes to, and participation in, &lt;i&gt;heritage presentations&lt;/i&gt;; to understand why certain social groups tend to participate and others do not; to gauge public images of and attitudes to archaelogy and the past. The data, covering both heritage visitors and non-visitors, is linked in with sociological theory.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Variables<br>
Attitudes to museums; participation in museums, historic houses, castles and ancient monuments; images of the past; images of museums; images of archaelogy; demographic variables such as age, sex, education, status.