The Museum Experience is a non-fiction book written by John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking. It is considered by many in the museum profession to be amongst the most important books on museum learning. Originally published in 1992, The Museum Experience introduced "The Interactive Experience Model" also known as the "Contextual Model of Learning". This model proposes a framework for the experience of museum visitors using three contexts: Personal context Social context Physical context Falk and Dierking further argue that these contexts are constructed by the visitor. The interaction of these three contexts over time constructs the visitor's museum experience. The museum experience begins, Falk and Dierking argue, when someone first thinks about going to a museum and lasts long after they have left the museum building. The Contextual Model of Learning is not a definition of learning, but rather it is intended to be a model for thinking about and organizing the complexities of learning in a free-choice environment. Source: Wikipedia (en)