The HRC thanks Julia Baldini, museum educator at the Windsor Historical Society and steering committee member for the Connecticut Museum Educator Roundtable, for serving as guest author for the following entry. With each passing year, more and more museums are evaluating and increasing the roles museum educators and education departments play in the overall mission of the museum. Colleges and universities offer degrees and certificates in museum education and museum educators are expanding their workload...
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Hi everyone and greetings from the 2009 AASLH Annual Conference in Indianapolis. More info to come from the conference later today, but I wanted to let everyone know that the HRC has taken advantage of the conference sale special--50% off all Altimira publications--and has just added some great new titles to the HRC Library. These books will be available for CT museums to borrow from the HRC on September 1: The Museum Educator's Manual: Educators...
We can all remember a museum visit where we were unable to find the information we needed or a suitable place to sit and rest our feet when we tired; where we encountered a grouchy salesclerk or endured a dreadful tour; or where we found ourselves in a filthy bathroom or sticky café.Everything in life is about the first impression. When something bad happens it is easy to start pointing fingers. Even worse, we are...
Want to add the sound of rain drops falling or a lion roaring to your exhibition, but don't know where to look for good, free digital files? Looking for advice about the best types of adhesives to use on painted walls without leaving sticky residue behind? Need a free, on-line photo editing tool?If you are a curator, exhibitions preparator, or employee of a small museum who does a little bit of everything, you can find...
"Excellent museum programs change adult lives." That's a quote from the introductory pages of Adult Museum Programs by Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, et al., a helpful book that takes a fresh and professional look at educational programs geared for adults in the museum environment.Adults are a growing audience for educational programs in museums, and appear eager to participate in both traditional learning events such as lectures, tours, and workshops as well as newer presentation models such as...
