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This is a summary of studies from "The Behavior of the Museum Visitor" (1928) by Edward S. Robinson, who studied the problem of museum "fatigue." Robinson suggested that this "fatigue"...
DATE: January 1st, 1988
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This guide offers an introduction to collaborations between museums and youth-serving community organizations. While this guide is designed specifically for museums and community organizations, much of the content contained in...
DATE: November 20th, 2015
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The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) will develop a program over the next two years aimed at teachers and students in grades 3-7. The project will develop teacher kits...
DATES: March 1st, 1986 - August 31st, 1988
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The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science proposes to build on its program of activities that involve children in science and bring them into contact with the approaches, objects and equipment...
DATES: November 1st, 1988 - April 30th, 1991
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In this paper, Paulette M. McManus, museum and heritage consultant, outlines the history of visitor studies from the beginning in 1890 through today. McManus also examines some "unhelpful" notions professionals...
DATE: January 1st, 1996
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In these articles, we argue that museums, particularly children’s museums, are well positioned to become unique learning laboratories. Laboratories that would not only produce research about why museums are important...
DATE: January 1st, 2005
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In this article, Daniel Spock, Director of the Minnesota History Center Museum, explores the effects of public participation in museums. Spock acknowledges the challenges associated with increased public participation, but...
DATE: July 1st, 2009
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The Museum Computer Network (MCN) is thrilled to host their first in-person conference since 2019! This year, the conference will be testing some new models while recalling their past. Join MCN in Philadelphia for conference sessions, networking, and open spaces for conversation and collaboration. The conference features two days of sessions and our signature evening ...
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DATE: September 13th, 2023
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The American Association of Museums will conduct during 1989 and 1990 a comprehensive survey and data collection program on the status of American museums, establishing a baseline of data that...
DATES: June 15th, 1990 - November 30th, 1992
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Six museum education and learning researchers discuss the need to study how people learn and behave in museums and what kind of current research studies should be undertaken. Mary Ellen...
DATE: December 1st, 1986
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Museum educators rarely experience ongoing training. They tend to rely on their past experiences of teaching and learning to guide their interactions with learners. Allen and Crowley describe the implementation...
DATE: January 1st, 2014
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In this article, I invite readers to think outside of evaluation’s current boundaries and to see the deep connectedness between what museums hope to achieve and how we evaluate the...
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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This article deals with a pioneering project currently being developed, namely, the Exhibition on Testing and Measurement. This interactive traveling exhibition will be presented in science museums in Israel, the...
DATE: May 1st, 2012
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Respected museum professional and consultant Kathleen McLean examines the shift towards a more participatory culture of display and exhibition in museums. She cites numerous examples from different types of museums...
DATE: May 1st, 1999
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This article discusses a study that investigated teacher perceptions of group visits to a science museum in Taiwan. Thirty teachers who traveled with large groups were interviewed about two issues:...
DATE: September 1st, 2005
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This report proposes a comprehensive study to answer the question: How does conversation as a socially mediating activity act as both a process and an outcome of museum learning experiences?...
DATE: November 1st, 1998
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Key to introducing information and communication technologies in museums is to support meaning-making activity in encounters with artefacts. The study presented in this paper is exploratory in nature and investigates...
DATE: September 1st, 2012
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This guide describes what took place during NYSCI’s Big Data for Little Kids workshop series, Museum Makers: Designing With Data. In addition to detailed outlines of the activities implemented during...
DATE: March 19th, 2019
REPOSITORY | EVALUATION
This tool was created by Museum of Science, Boston Design Challenges educators and the Research and Evaluation team, intended to record observations of children’s engagement in the engineering design process...
DATE: July 1st, 2012
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In this article, Jacksonville State University's Stephen Bitgood and Sherri Lankford discuss museum orientation and circulation, including conceptual orientation and wayfinding. The authors analyze previsit orientation, lobby orientation, during-visit orientation,...
DATE: May 1st, 1995
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In this article, Eugene Dillenburg, an Exhibit Developer at The Science Museum of Minnesota, shares a collection of stories from colleagues about their experiences in the museum field. The stories...
DATE: January 1st, 2005
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In this paper, Tara D. Knott of Evaluation Resources, Inc. discusses the importance of summative evaluation to assess the value of a museum program in addition to setting clear goals....
DATE: January 1st, 1992
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In this article, John H. Falk of Science Learning Inc. discusses the influence of recollection on learning in museums. Falk shares findings from a series of pilot ethnographic style interviews...
DATE: January 1st, 1989
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Museum learning involves a wide range of recollections about a diverse set of experiences encountered over the course of a museum visit. Three key features are: 1) visitors "learn" about...
DATE: May 24th, 1988
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This article describes how some museums are expanding their partnerships with schools and encouraging teachers to view museums as more than field trip destinations. This article describes the benefits of...
DATE: June 10th, 2011