ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the way that people can have a variety of unified experiences with the same object or a collection of objects. A specific look at two objects in The Loft, a sofa and a bicycle, provides the interrelated connections between a person's lifeworld and the objectworld within the Object Knowledge Framework. The objects evoke memories across time and place, often starting in The Loft, but taking each person back in time to another place where they used the object. The opportunity to study and document family museums like The Loft offers an important avenue for better understanding the relationships that museums can build between visitors and objects. The Object Knowledge Framework emphasizes the importance of offering multiple viewpoints to the visitor. Visitors who are able to access the stories and unique events connected to an object develop a greater appreciation for the meaning and purpose that it holds.
