This monograph utilizes data from the 1985 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA '85) to explore the audience composition of United States art museums and galleries. Part 1 focuses on: (1) demographic variables affecting U.S. adult attendance rates; (2) a comparison of the SPPA '85 research data and the 1984 "Americans and the Arts"…

Various issues related to the role of scientific research at American museums were addressed during these hearings. The hearings include the testimony and prepared statement of Robert McCormick Adams (Secretary, Smithsonian Institution) and questions and answers for the record. These questions focus on such areas as the extent to which museums…

Although the new Lehman Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a controversial project based on a questionable premise, the finished building is an architectural tour de force. Despite restrictions imposed by the Landmarks Commission and the donor, the architects responded with consummate ingenuity, artistry, and skill. (JG)

In attempting to make the community come alive with a sense of itself, the author investigated the past of his community, its families, and the reason his city, Berkeley, California, is the way it is today. (Author/RK)

Several museum information processing systems are discussed in relation to their underlying assumptions regarding museum information and networking needs that have resulted in inadequate service to some kinds of museums, particularly historical museums. Rather than any of these systems, a modular approach is proposed that would allow each museum…

The very nature of the art object has resulted in slow progress toward electronic data processing in art museums. Art objects are described on several levels. The empirical, concerned with the piece as an object, and the main concern of the registrar, is most suitable for computer adaptation. This idea, however, is not an attractive one because…

This research surveyed high school teachers' attitudes towards museums as educational institutions and toward museum educators as fellow professionals. The survey attempts to find out why, of all age levels, the high school age is least represented in the general public which comes to the museum. Previous research on this topic has focused on the…

Designed for studio art instructors, museum education programs, public libraries, high school teachers, and those who buy slides for teaching art history at the college level, this guide lists sources of slides in the United States and over 20 foreign countries. All U.S. sources are listed first, commercial sources are alphabetical by name and…

Selectively listed by state are the names and addresses of museums in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico which feature film programs as part of their regular activities. The list, acknowledged to be less than complete, includes some natural history and science museums, some anthropology museums, and state and county historical societies. The…

The Department of Museum Education of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of the largest in the United States; its education program is divided into two parts: for children and for adults. Among adult programs carried out regularly are free weekly public talks in the presence of an art work, lectures and discussion programs for private groups,…

Exhibit development, as conceived in this report, is an evolutionary process, drawing the museum visitor into the collaborative venture of testing and improving the exhibits. The findings of contemporary learning research were put to work in the arrangement of activities and specimens that engaged children through self-instructional sequences. The…

This is the first of a set of booklets that have been prepared as convenient guidebooks to those major places of interest throughout the United States, that are related to its energy technology achievements. These include historical sites, power production plants, research facilities, and museums. Maps, illustrations, and commentary provide a…

This publication is designed to provide comprehensive information on the development and operation of a variety of types of museums. The first part of the book describes museum collections; included are chapters on what to acquire, how to acquire, preparing specimens, caring for a collection, using collections, and disposal of specimens. The…

Article provided some tips on how teachers and students can incorporate the Bicentennial in their learning experiences. (Editor/RK)

Consists of a survey, department by department, of the jobs for biologists at the National Museum of Natural History. (BB)