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In a series of authoritative essays, this important and substantial book, over 500 pages in length, examines in depth how museums globally are succeeding – in many different ways – in reaching and involving social groups traditionally overlooked or excluded from the museum experience. The New Museum Community: Audiences, Challenges, Benefits is an invaluable and inspiring guide for any museum, gallery or cultural organisation – large or small – intent on engaging with the broadest possible audience.
Among the twenty organisations sharing their cutting-edge experience are:
Learning to Live/Looking to Learn: A Visual Thinking Strategies Survey
Nicola Abery, Creative Director, www.looktolearn.co.uk
Learning from Autism
Lenore Adler, Program Outreach Specialist, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
Making the Most of Museum Field Trips
Anuradha Bhatia & Carole J Makela, Colorado State University
Growing Up in the Borderlands
Kate Bonansinga, Director, Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, The University of Texas at El Paso
Planning for Young Children and Families in Museums
Vicky Cave, Exhibition Consultant
Creating Exhibitions With and For Children
Vicky Cave, Exhibition Consultant
Language Learning for Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Sherice Clarke, Visiting Researcher, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh
Keep Up the Good Work? The Long-Term Impact of Social Inclusion Initiatives
Lucie Fitton, Inclusion Officer, Museum of London
Inclusive Arts Practice: Using Collections to Maximise Inclusivity
Alice Fox, Course Leader, Inclusive Arts Practice, School of Arts & Media, University of Brighton
Participation and Personalisation: Working with Adults with Learning Difficulties
Helen Graham, Research Associate, International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University
Mainstreaming Outreach: Taking Audiences to the Core
Heather Hollins, Associate Tutor, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester
The Ignorant Museum: Transforming the Elitist Museum into an Inclusive Learning Place
Yuha Jung, Pennsylvania State University
A New Approach to Museum Exhibit Design: Exhibit Pattern Analysis
Jane Kalagher, Assisi Institute, Brattlebro, Vermont
Guests are Our Heroes: Redefining Immersion in First-Person History Programs
Ailithir McGill, Assistant General Manager for Guest Experience & Adam Bouse, Experience Manager, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park
A Testing Process: Urban Evolution - A Young People’s Project
Tom Pine Coffin, Audience Development Officer, Culture, Tourism and Venues Service, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Provision for Visually-Impaired Visitors
Camilla Rossi-Linnemann, Education & International Relations Department, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan
Consultation or Confrontation: Lindow Man, A Bog Body Mystery
Bryan Sitch, Head of Human Cultures, The Manchester Museum
Collective Conversations
Malcolm Chapman, Head of Collections Development & Gurdeep Thiara, Curator of Community Engagement, The Manchester Museum
Social Media to Social Impact: Using the Network to Empower Change
Gillian Thomas et al., President and CEO, Miami Science Museum
Inclusive Without Knowing It
Stephanie Wintzerith, Evaluation & Visitor Studies Consultant, Karlsruhe, Germany
Title: The New Museum Community: Audiences, Challenges, Benefits
Pages: 512
Illustrations: 42
Size: 216 x 140mm
Date: 2010
Editions: £49.95 [paperback] | £39.95 [eBook]
ISBN: 978-0-9561943-7-4 [paperback]
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