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Museum Education Research Sites:
Museum Studies Reference Library of the Smithsonian Institution Library
http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/msrl/msrl_about.cfm
The Museum Studies & Reference Library (MS&RL) is one of the largest
sources of information, and bibliographic services available to museum professionals
and researchers in the United States. MS&RL is a library with information
resources on museums and all aspects of museum operations, and with comprehensive
reference collection to support scholarly research in Institution programs. One of 20 branches of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, MS&RL was established
in 2002. MSRL combines collections formerly known as the Museum Reference Center
and the Central Reference & Loan Services.
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
Specialized Research Bibliographies Database
http://www.siris.si.edu/
The Museum Studies Bibliographies contains bibliographic citations to information on the role and function, history and philosophy, and nature and structure of museums. Much of this information, drawn from all disciplines and functional perspectives, is contained in materials that are difficult to discover or appear in under-utilized formats.
Citations in the database include over 1,500 theses and dissertations written in English at universities worldwide, 35 years of articles indexed from the American Law Institute -American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) Proceedings and Course of Study in Museum Administration, 30 years of articles from the Journal of Museum Education (JME), and audiotapes of the past twelve years of the American Association of Museums (AAM) Annual Meeting sessions.
Museum Learning Collaborative
http://www.museumlearning.org
The Museum Learning Collaborative (MLC), funded by a consortium of public agencies under the direction of the Institute for Museum and Library Services, has been established to further theoretically driven research on learning in museums. This nationwide project includes a core set of researchers and museums working together to develop a common research agenda. The Museum Collaborative has established a Technical Report series to share our work with the field. You can download copies of these reports and other articles produced by members of the Museum Learning Collaborative.
Informal Science
http://www.informalscience.org
The purpose of Informal Science is to promote and advance the field of informal learning in science and other domains. This site is a place to share knowledge through interactive searches of references of research literature on informal learning in museums, on the web, and beyond. Informal Science is being developed by the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Learning in Out of School Environments (UPCLOSE) at the Learning Research and Development Center.
Journal of Museum Education
http://www.mer-online.org/publications.html
Back issues of the Journal of Museum Education published by the Museum Education Roundtable (see Museum Professional Organizations below for a description of the Museum Education Roundtable) are listed on this page, as well as a form for ordering back issues.
Studies in Art Education
http://www.naea-reston.org/publications-list.html
An index of the 1959-1998 issues of Studies in Art Education, a journal of issues and research in art education published by the National Art Education Association, can be downloaded as a Word document from this page, as well as the index by title, author and year.
National and International Museum Education Professional Organizations:
American Association of Museums
http://www.aam-us.org/
Founded in 1906, the American Association of Museums (AAM) is dedicated to promoting excellence within the museum community. Every type of museum is represented by the more than 3,100 institutional members, including art, history, science, military and maritime, and youth museums, as well as aquariums, zoos, botanical gardens, arboretums, historic sites, and science and technology centers. The Committee on Education (EdCom) http://www.edcom.org/ a standing professional committee of AAM, brings together museum educators and other museum professionals to advance the purpose of museums as places of learning, to serve as advocates for audiences, and to promote professional standards and excellence in the practice of museum education.
Visitor Studies Association
http://www.visitorstudies.org/
The Visitor Studies Association (VSA) is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to the proposition that museums, art galleries, visitor centers, aquariums, botanical gardens science centers heritage sites, parks, zoos, and, other public-access recreational educational facilities, in addition to meeting their own organizational objective, should be effective meeting the expectations, needs, and interests of visitors.
Museum Education Roundtable
http://www.mer-online.org/
Museum Education Roundtable (MER) is an active network encouraging leadership, development, scholarship, and personal development among educators and museum professionals. Founded in 1969 by educators in Washington, D.C. area museums, Museum Education Roundtable now serves a worldwide audience of individuals and institutions through its publications and programs.
The Group for Education in Museums
http://www.gem.org.uk/
The Group for Education in Museums (GEM) promotes the importance of learning through museums and galleries. It is based in the UK but has members around the world.
Regional Museum Education Professional Organizations and Roundtables
Association of Midwest Museums (AMM)
http://www.midwestmuseums.org/
The Association of Midwest Museums traces its roots back to 1927 with the formation of the Michigan-Indiana Museums Association. After adding Ohio in 1932, and Wisconsin and Illinois in 1940, the organization joined with the American Association of Museums as a regional affiliate to form the Midwest Museums Conference (MMC)
Cultural Connections
http://www.cultural-connections.org/
Cultural Connections is a community of educators--from museums, zoos, aquaria, parks, historical organizations and nature centers--who inspire excellence and support progress in our individual and collective educational work in Northern California.
Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
http://www.midatlanticmuseums.org
The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving museums, museum professionals, and related institutions and individuals in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
Mountain-Plains Museum Association
http://www.mountplainsmuseums.org/
Mountain-Plains Museums Association is an organization for those engaged in museology representing all types of museums in our ten-state region: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming.
Museum Educators of Southern California (MESC)
http://www.mesconline.org
Serving Southern California the Museum Educators of Southern California (MESC) is a nonprofit organization for museum professionals whose work is focused on museum audiences. MESC strives to ensure that museums place education at the center of all of their activities. MESC is dedicated to audience advocacy and enhancing visitor's learning opportunities and experiences. MESC works to bring greater diversity to the museum education field, strengthens the role of museum educators within institutions, and provides professional training and development using current research.
New England Museum Association
http://www.nemanet.org/index.html
Serves museums of all sizes and the people who work for and with them in the New England region.
South Plains Educational Resource Collaborative
http://www.hhmi.ttu.edu/sperc
South Plains Educational Resource Collaborative is a partnership of area organizations dedicated toproviding support for formal education through outreach programming, both on-site and in the classroom, related to classroom curriculum.
Western Museum Association
http://www.westmuse.org/
Provides opportunities for learning and personal interaction to enhance the creative skills and enrich the lives of individuals who do museum work in the west.
In addition to regional museum associations, a list of links to state museum associations can be found on the American Association of Museums Web site at http://www.aam-us.org/members/infocenter/reference/directories/statemuseums.cfm
Organizations for Museums of Specific Disciplines
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Last Updated ( Friday, 08 February 2008 )
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