Decker, Juilee.

Engagement and Access : Innovative Approaches for Museums. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (121 pages) - Innovative Approaches for Museums Series . - Innovative Approaches for Museums Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Ch01. Listening to Our Audiences -- Ch02. Museum Access for All -- Ch03. STAMP -- Ch04. #CulturalHeritage -- Ch05. How the Boca Raton Museum of Art Captures Attention and Shifts Perspectives -- Ch06. Expanding Family Access and Engagement in an Historic House Museum -- Ch07. A Natural Solution to Increasing Engagement with Our Local Environmentand Museum Collections -- Ch08. Closing the Fossil Hall and Opening Fotorama! -- Ch09. The BioLounge at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History -- Ch10. Art and Beer: The Drunken Cobbler -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This bookaddresses how museums forge two-way communication and engaged participation through the use of community curation, social media, collaboration, and inquiry-based learning. Such approaches demonstrate how museums serve as thriving, central gathering places in communities and offer meaningful, creative educational experiences.

9781442238763


Museum techniques.
Museums -- Educational aspects.
Museums -- Technological innovations.
Museums and community.


Electronic books.

AM7 .E54 2015

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