Strength In Numbers
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2018 issue of the Museum magazine. The Santa Fe Community Educators Network allows small museums and other nonprofits to have an outsized educational impact across the city and region. …
Leaving the country for new models and brilliant inspirations! “My Primary School is at the Museum” and the Museum Association Conference 2017
I have been blessed to attend many conferences over the course of my Ford W. Bell fellowship and have helped support many projects over the past year, however, none have been as comprehensive and accessible as the “My Primary School …
Watch an overview of the Museums & Schools: The LA Convening
Please check out more about our November Museums & Schools: The LA Convening and be ready for the Museums & Schools: Phoenix edition on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at our upcoming annual meeting. We can’t wait to share with you and …
Quick wins for building empathy with visitors: 4 hacks inspired by School Retool
This post originally appeared on Design Thinking for Museums and is republished here with permission. Last spring and this winter, I’ve had the opportunity to work as a coach for a project called School Retool, an initiative …
The power of evaluation: Assessing how museum experiences influence classroom practice at the Monticello Teacher Institute
When teachers talk about the value of field trips to their students, the power of experiencing history or being in “the room where it happen[ed]” to quote Lin-Manuel Miranda, is often mentioned. The same is true for teachers themselves, …
Top Ten Takeaways from the Museums & Schools: The LA Convening
Greetings, and Happy New Year! This is Sage Morgan-Hubbard and Megan Lantz from AAM writing to share some of our top takeaways from Museums & Schools: The LA Convening. AAM co-hosted this event with the Partnership for Los Angeles …
Exploring the Sixth Extinction through Immersive Theater
One of the most-read guest posts of 2017 on the CFM blog shared how immersive theater helped one Connecticut museum build new audiences. Since the topic evidently struck a chord with readers, I tuned my radar to find other examples of …
Inviting Children In: Valuing The Youngest Museum Visitors
Is your museum seeking ways to activate its spaces with the enthusiasm of young learners? As museums strive to be more diverse and inclusive, museums of all types can embrace the larger movement to meaningfully engage young children. In …
My Primary School is at the Museum – Squaring the Circle
Greetings! This is Sage and I am excited to announce that we are reposting this great article because I am about to fly to Manchester, England to attend the Museum Association’s conference and be on a panel with these wonderful …
We Want You!: The Targeted Recruitment of Youth
This post originally appeared on the Center for the Future of Museum’s Future of Education site in January 2017. The world is rapidly growing, becoming more interconnected and increasingly diverse. Diversity means many things, from …