Museums and Families Being of Value by LynnD. Dierking Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2016 by Left Coast Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59874-075-2, ISBN: 1-59874-075-X
"This book analyzes the relationship between museums and families--how they view one another, how museums can facilitate free-choice learning in families, and how both together can serve as powerful allies to enact social and community change. Leading museum researcher Lynn Dierking identifies the family as a learning institution and details the implications for programming and exhibits in history, art, science, children's museums and ot ..."
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"According to designer Marjorie Elliott Bevlin, “Design is the organization of
materials and forms in such a way as to fulfill a spe— cific purpose.”44 In the
case of museums, that purpose is to visually, and increasingly aurally and
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The Museum Experience by John H. Falk Hardcover, Published 2017 by Taylor And Francis 2017-06-30, London ISBN-13: 978-1-138-40463-2, ISBN: 1-138-40463-2
"Why do people go to museums and what do they learn there? What roles can museums serve in a learning community? How can museums facilitate more effective learning experiences? John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking investigate these questions in Learning from Museums. Synthesizing theories and research from a wide range of disciplines, including psychology, education, anthropology, neuroscience and museum research, Falk and Dierking explain ..."
"Why do people go to museums and what do they learn there? What roles can museums serve in a learning community? How can museums facilitate more effective learning experiences? John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking investigate these questions in Learning from Museums. Synthesizing theories and research from a wide range of disciplines, including psychology, education, anthropology, neuroscience and museum research, Falk and Dierking explain ..."
"The Museum Experience is the first book to take the "visitor's eye view" of the museum visit. It integrates the authors' original research with that from a wide variety of disciplines as well as museum and visitor studies ranging from science centers and zoos to art and natural history museums. Written in clear, non-technical style, The Museum Experience gives museum professionals a thorough introduction to what is known about why peopl ..."