The topic that I am considering for my thesis is about how mood affects visitors engagement in museums. There are a variety of museums that have recently implemented the use of emotion based tours, i.e. sad, happy, joyful tours of their objects. These are available for the public to use as self guiding material throughout the museums that provide them. There have also been apps that have been created with a similar focus. Apps like Mood App have these features. I find it interesting that emotions are a new topic that is guiding people throughout the museum and encouraging them to feel and engage with the museum on an emotional basis. I believe it would be interesting to discover via visitor survey of museums that have implemented these guides how the visitors have received the tours and how they wish to change them or how they have bettered their own experiences. It might also be interesting to look at local museums in Rochester to see if they are thinking or have used these tools as well. There are several directions that you can take this idea and I am excited to investigate further into this topic.