This week’s guest post is by David Bowles, Gallery Educator at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. In his role at the Getty, David conducts scholarly research in preparation for leading gallery conversations, lectures, tours, courses, and other programs, as well as supervising docent teaching in the galleries. Prior to this he led K-12 SchoolContinue reading “School Tours: What is the impact of offering a menu of tour topics?”
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Can we expose an artist’s process through gallery activities?
This week’s post is by Gabriella Kula and Luned Palmer. Gabriella teaches school, family, adult and access groups at The Noguchi Museum, The Jewish Museum, and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Gabriella is also the director of Havurah, the JCC Manhattan’s experiential Jewish education program for young children. Luned freelances as a museum educator, facilitating all types of programsContinue reading “Can we expose an artist’s process through gallery activities?”
What do teachers gain from professional development at an art museum?
We talk a great deal about learning from our visitors, so whenever I read something about museums by a non-museum-professional I take note. This description of a day-long teacher workshop at the Cleveland Museum of Art comes from Charles Ellenbogen, who has been teaching for 25 years (thus the name of his blog). In theContinue reading “What do teachers gain from professional development at an art museum?”
What does a successful maker space in a children’s museum looks like? Interview with Dr. Michael Hanchett Hanson
“Maker Spaces” are currently in vogue: they are now a fairly standard component of children’s museums, and many art museums have drop-in spaces for children and families to create art during their visit. Schools and libraries are interested in maker spaces as well. As with any other exhibit, a maker space is not inherently successful.Continue reading “What does a successful maker space in a children’s museum looks like? Interview with Dr. Michael Hanchett Hanson”
What does it mean for a museum director to have a vision?
This week’s guest post is by Tracy Truels, Director of Learning and Engagement at Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Tracy has also worked at museums in Houston and New York. In addition to her work in museums, Tracy is a writer of fiction and operas. The views expressed in this post are Tracy’s own, and doContinue reading “What does it mean for a museum director to have a vision?”
What are we communicating to parents through the secret language of seating?
This guest post is by Miriam Leviton, Director of Arts Education at JCC Manhattan. After working at a children’s museum in Berkeley, California, Miriam relocated to New York in 2008 for a year-long position at the Guggenheim’s Learning Through Art program. She later worked as a museum educator at the Guggenheim Museum and New York HistoricalContinue reading “What are we communicating to parents through the secret language of seating?”
Paid Internship: Join the Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum as the Monticello Education Intern
The Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum is hiring a paid education intern. The intern will get to work with an amazing team and help shape programs at a very young museum (we celebrate our 2nd birthday in June!). The internship is structured to include learning and networking time as well as work time. AND they getContinue reading “Paid Internship: Join the Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum as the Monticello Education Intern”
How can we learn from the past?
This guest post is by Lynda Kennedy, the Vice President of Education and Evaluation at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum Complex. Lynda has worked at numerous museums, including the Museum of the Moving Image, the Brooklyn Historical Society, and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. A graduate of the Bank Street College of Education’sContinue reading “How can we learn from the past?”
What is the role of objects in an institution committed to social justice?
Museum educator Andrea Jones writes a blog called Peak Lab Experience – a blog I highly recommend reading. Like many of her posts, Museums, Can We Stop Letting Objects Control The Narrative?, published this week, made me think. In this case, the question it made me think about was: What is the role of objects in an institutionContinue reading “What is the role of objects in an institution committed to social justice?”
Where are the objects? Why is this a museum? What allows us to claim special educational status for these charming play spaces?
As a museum educator who has spent two decades thinking about object-based education, I found the shift to children’s museums challenging. Where are the objects? Why is this a museum? What allows us to claim special educational status for these charming play spaces? To find answers, I turned to the literature. Sometimes I write thingsContinue reading “Where are the objects? Why is this a museum? What allows us to claim special educational status for these charming play spaces?”
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