How to Visit a Museum
A glance at this book's table of contents gives you an idea of  its intentions: "Developing your own pace; Where to begin;  Displays can dramatize--but don't let them fool you; There's no rule on  how long it takes to appreciate a masterpiece." David Finn  encourages museumgoers to rely on their own impressions. In the first  sentence of the first chapter, he writes that there is "no right or  wrong way to visit a museum." Finn gives a general overview of the  layout of a museum and uses illustrations from museums around the world  to present basic art history concepts and ways of looking at artwork.  With practical information he encourages museum visitors to feel  comfortable, confident, and develop their own sensibilities in a  museum--instead of relying on someone else's. "Discrimination," Finn writes, "is a necessary component  of appreciation."