Co-author of the popular titles "Booktalking Bonanza" and "The Early Literacy Kit", Betsy Diamant-Cohen brings together 18 examples of successful outreach partnerships that children's librarians and administrators can adapt to their own situations. Contributors from the U.S and Canada explain how they partnered with schools,…

On a visit to Russia the author was able to inspect the Moscow papyrus, fragments of an ancient Egyptian mathematical document. (SD)

A description of "video observation," a technique developed at Hebrew University, Israel. (HB)

The author discusses Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer's work as an architecture that understands and appreciates what is unique in built America and as one that is "collaged" from ideas and pieces peculiar to that environment. (Author)

Describing the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest, this brochure on the Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico presents information on the Cultural Center itself, the Center's museum exhibit, the origin myths of the Pueblos, Pueblo migrations, and the coming of foreigners to Pueblo lands. Relating oral history with archaelogical facts,…

Presents a variety of activities for using museum exhibits to teach concepts such as line, movement, rhythm, space, sound, and shape. (JMB)

The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Loretto, Pennsylvania, was a former college gymnasium built in the 1920s now converted into an independent museum. (Author/MLF)

Phoenix, Arizona was the site of: the Heard Museum Guild's Indian Arts and Crafts Exhibition (10th anniversary show); the exhibit "Survival: Life and Art of the Alaskan Eskimo"; and the exhibit "Kachinas: An Evolving Hopi Art Form?" (JC)

Describes the chemistry exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Aimed at teaching the public the basic principles of chemistry, the museum features numerous video displays as well as several do-it-yourself experiments. (JN)

Describes Express-Ways, a Chicago children's museum providing free, hands-on arts experiences to students, teachers, and families. Focuses on recent exhibits and future projects. Suggests possible art education programs for schools. (DMM)

Museums, galleries, and public libraries with picture collections in England, Scotland, and Wales are listed, and their collections described. (LS)

This paper results from a recently completed project that augmented an exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, entitled "1000 Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece" (July 18-November 18, 2000). This Exhibition offered an opportunity to supplement the traditional visitor experience with the introduction of…

Recent advances in wireless network technologies create the potential to significantly enhance the experience of a visit to a museum. On the exhibit floor, visitors carrying wirelessly connected portable devices can be given opportunities for exploration, sharing, explanations, context, background, analytical tools, and suggestions for related…

Describes African life and culture exhibits and programs at the Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. (ST)

Mount Holyoke College's art center is designed and built to serve for a century. (Editor)