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Mapping the olfactory mindscape in museums: a grounded theory investigation into smellscape perception and its impact on cultural tourism experience

Xi Ling & Menlixue Cheng · Frontiers in Psychology

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Published2026-05-26

DOI10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1776370

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museumsmellscapesmell walkscultural tourism

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A documented museum smellscape ↗

The smellscape of an ethnographic museum was documented through participatory smell walks and a survey with 120 visitors and follow-up interviews with 30 of them, describing how visitors detected, associated and evaluated its odours.

One ethnographic museum in China, studied from a tourism perspective; it does not characterise a general museum smell chemically.

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