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Wasserman, Burton – Sch Arts, 1970
An exhibit of plastic works was planned and presented to identify the emergency of a "Plastic Ethic" in Art. (EJS)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Creative Art, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedDickson, David – Science, 1983
Amid controversy, a former Paris slaughterhouse is being converted into one of the world's largest science museums. The museum will be organized into four major sectors corresponding to different levels at which science and technology touch human lives: exploring, using/producing, living/inhabitating, and communications. The controversy related to…
Descriptors: Exhibits, Facility Planning, Foreign Countries, Museums
Peer reviewedHarris, Nini – Childhood Education, 1983
Briefly reviews the history of the first kindergarten system in the United States on the occasion of the transformation of the Des Peres School in St. Louis, Missouri, into a museum and library. The transformed facility contains a restored kindergarten classroom, the Susan E. Blow museum, local historical and educational archives, and meeting…
Descriptors: Educational History, Historic Sites, Kindergarten, Library Facilities
Angier, Natalie – Discover, 1983
The Computer Museum in Marlborough, Massachusetts houses old and not-so-old calculators, famous old computers and parts of computers, photographs and assorted memorabilia, computer-generated murals, and even a computer made of Tinkertoys that plays tick-tack-toe. The development of the museum and selected exhibits is described. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Graphics, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
Peer reviewedNewman, Ian M. – Journal of School Health, 1979
Natural history museums are ideal places to supplement the teaching and learning of health. (MM)
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Field Trips, Health Education, Museums
Modern Schools, 1977
A new addition at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, is much quieter because of the special sound-absorbing wall louvers in the air intake and exhaust system. (Author)
Descriptors: Acoustic Insulation, Arts Centers, Facility Expansion, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKarwatka, Dennis – Technology Teacher, 1997
Describes how the British use museum visits as an opportunity for young people to place themselves in a wider context of time and place while learning about their technical heritage. (JOW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips, Foreign Countries, Museums
Paskin, Norman; Canos, Jose H.; Jaen, Javier; Lorente, Juan C.; Perez, Jennifer; Rinehart, Richard; Smith, MacKenzie; Barton, Mary; Branschofsky, Margaret; McClellan, Greg; Walker, Julie Harford; Mass, Mick; Stuve, Dave; Tansley, Robert; Mitchell, Steve; Mooney, Margaret; Paynter, Gordon W.; Mason, Julie; Ruscheinski, Johannes; Kedzierski, Artur; Humphreys, Keith – D-Lib Magazine, 2003
Includes five articles that discuss copies in terms of metadata and digital rights management; safety oriented systems, a new type of decision support systems; MOAC (Museums and the Online Archive of California); DSpace, an open source digital repository; and iVia, an open source Internet subject portal or virtual library system. (LRW)
Descriptors: Decision Support Systems, Electronic Libraries, Internet, Metadata
Peer reviewedSterman, Nanette T.; Allen, Brockenbrough S. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1991
Describes the use of computer-based tools and techniques in museums. The integration of realia with media-based advice and interpretation is described, electronic replicas of ancient Greek vases in the J. Paul Getty Museum are explained, examples of mediated exhibits are presented, and the use of hypermedia is discussed. (five references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Hypermedia, Interactive Video, Multimedia Instruction
Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1989
The Dallas Science Place contains 55 interactive displays on observable phenomena, organized into 7 topic areas: motion, waves, matter, electromagnetism, energy, change, and entropy. Attempts were made to keep the exhibits' forms elemental, so that the underlying physical phenomena could be readily observed and experienced. (JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits, Museums, Physics
Peer reviewedDelouis, Dominique – Information Services and Use, 1993
Discusses the use of telecommunications in museums; reviews existing museum documentary databases, including those that are accessible from remote locations; describes the RAMA (Remote Access to Museum Archive) project, a computer network linking image documentary databases of seven European museums; and discusses the outlook for electronic…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedParker, Franklin – Peabody Journal of Education, 1994
The gifts of George Peabody, self-made millionaire and educational philanthropist, made possible the Peabody Museum of Salem. The article details the life of Peabody, then explains how he created the museum to promote science, detailing its maritime history, natural history, and ethnology departments. (SM)
Descriptors: Donors, Educational History, Museums, Private Financial Support
Peer reviewedParker, Franklin – Peabody Journal of Education, 1994
One of several papers on self-made millionaire and educational philanthropist George Peabody defends Peabody's philanthropy against those who criticized him as miserly, highlighting his establishment of colleges, libraries, museums, hospitals, and other charities. The paper details his life, work, politics, and death, describing the causes that he…
Descriptors: Donors, Educational History, Museums, Private Financial Support
Peer reviewedBierbaum, Esther Green – Information Technology and Libraries, 1990
Discusses the applicability of the machine-readable cataloging format for visual materials (MARC VM) to museum collections. A study is described that tested the utility of the VM format revision for museum objects, particularly as supported by OCLC, and recommendations are suggested for future enhancements. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Machine Readable Cataloging, Museums, Realia
Peer reviewedHartfield, Ronne – Curator, 1994
"Contextual areas" employ models, replicas, artwork, art materials, tools, interpretive panels, and interactive computer installations to help visitors explore the historical and cultural context of 6 of 12 works of art at the "Art Inside Out" exhibition in the Kraft General Foods Education Center of the Art Institute of Chicago. (MDH)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art History, Cultural Context
