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Education & Interpretation
Climate Action Heroes: How National Children’s Museum Is Empowering the Next Generation of Climate Innovators
African American students walking out of school to march for equal rights in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. Eight-year-old activist Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins climbing out of her wheelchair …
Publications
The National Park Service’s (NPS) Museum Handbook (PDF) has a chapter that reviews issues related to using museum collections in publications, including film, multimedia, sound …
What Do Students Get from K-12 Arts Field Trip Interventions?
This easy to read brochure from the National Endowment for the Arts and the University of Arkansas about their new research “An Experimental Evaluation of Arts Field Trips” on …
Teaching with Historic Places
The National Park Service (NPS) offers resources to help museums create lesson plans for teaching with histo…
A Journey of Healing: Creating Co-Stewardship with Tribal Communities
What’s in a name? The language we use tells us who is speaking, from what perspective, and (implicitly), who controls the narrative. Names, in short, have power. Today on the blog, Caitlin …
Meeting an Educational Need at the William King Museum of Art
To reach rural schools, staff at the William King Museum of Art get in the Va…
Point of View: Leading from the Front Lines
As museums focus on community engagement, museum educators are more important…
Transcending Dogma at the High Museum of Art
The High Museum of Art considers polarization, values, and civic good in its art educatio…
Belonging from the Beginning at Filoli
Filoli works with preschool programs throughout the year to help young children become comfortable…
Widening the Lens at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is engaging students in inclusive discussions of artworks where diversity is not necessaril…
Sharing Tools, Expanding Knowledge at the California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences is partnering with museums across the country—and the globe—to engage more young community …
The Six Tools for Effective Digital Design
In 2020, after a fifteen-year run working in museums on digital engagement projects, I decided to start my own consultancy. In the process of building it, I often heard from people familiar …