ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book sets out to define and locate the threshold as a rich, varied and multifaceted 'problem space'. It situates the museum threshold in an architectural, historical and theoretical context. The book provides implications for museum marketing, signage and ticketing procedures, and more generally for better understanding of visitor motivation. It focuses on the complex challenges that thresholds pose for designers. The book explores the threshold design as a collaborative process. It shows the value of interdisciplinarity, collaboration and the importance of thinking strategically about design of the threshold. The book utilizes the metaphor of the threshold as a window to create insight into the museum. It examines a distinctive context, the thresholds that are embedded in entrances that are shared by a museum and another institution.
