In the spring of 2008, the Connecticut Humanities Council collaborated with Robin S. Grenier and Alan S. Marcus, professors from the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education, to conduct a study that explored secondary school classroom teacher and museum educator practices, attitudes, and beliefs. Over the next fifteen months, Grenier and Marcus asked both groups of educators questions exploring how teachers prepare students for field trips, the types of activities students complete at...
The HRC thanks Elizabeth Merritt for serving as guest author for the following entry. Elizabeth is the founding director of the Center for the Future of Museums--a think-tank and research & development lab for the museum field. The American Association of Museums (AAM) created the Center to help museums explore cultural, political and economic trends shaping the future and to ensure that museums play a profound role in society. She has 15 years experience...
Dirty money.Is that what museum professionals should think about income generated through the deaccessioning of objects from their collections? No, says Mark Gold, an attorney and graduate of Harvard's museum studies program, who argues in his recent AAM Museum article, "Nothing Ethical About It," that the American Association of Museums (AAM) should reconsider its ethical rule that proceeds from deaccessioned objects be used only for acquisitions and collections care. The rule, he argues, limits museums...
