If all the world is a stage and we are merely players . . . then is history our script, in serial form and full of cliffhangers? Will we repeat the same plots or produce a new version of our story? How can the past help us find meaning and …
Museum visitors come in all shapes and sizes. One of the best defined groups of visitors in the museum field is school groups. This audience provides museums with a large number of visitors on an annual basis for a wide variety of tours and programs. Making sure school groups continue …
Please don’t touch the artwork!” is the cardinal rule of art museums everywhere. But, at the Fayetteville Museum of Art we break that rule every day— and in many ways. Using our custom-made art trunks, the Museum’s education department has created nine art education programs that integrate hands-on experiences into …
An innovative community partnership developed by the education department of the James A. Michener Art Museum came about through the discovery, during a 1994 summer meeting, that many of the museum’s docents were also active in an organization called Art Goes to School (ACTS). With limited resources and staff, the …
Years ago, I introduced one of my sisters to a colleague from work. I thought that the two of them would really hit-it-off. Like my sister, this fellow was interesting, well educated, and engaging. Yet, after only a few dates, my sister ended the relationship. When I asked about their …
Dr. Howard Gardner has defined possibilities for new relationships between schools and museums which, if taken seriously, could change the nature of both types of institutions and the definition of education as well. His work has important implications for anyone involved as a docent or staff educator. In his text. …