Describes benefits of using the controlled environment of a museum field trip as a culminating nature study activity for kindergarten students. Suggests students prepare questions to ask at the museum and museum staff be made aware of any particular interests of the children. (NEC)

Examines how the First World War prompted British museums to change their educational functions. Discusses museums in pre-war Britain, wartime exhibitions and educational activities, the outcome of the war experience, and First World War's implications for education in museums. (GEA)

Discusses how museum resources can be used by teachers of college anthropology courses. In addition to loaning artifacts and exhibits and providing off-campus teaching resources, museums are ideal sites for internships and training programs. (KH)

An art activity featuring ballerinas in classic poses and costumes was extended by a visit to an exhibit on Edgar Degas. Hearing impaired students shared their impressions of another traveling exhibit with French students via computers. (CL)

This paper discusses environmental preference, particularly related to the design of children's museums. It explains that preference for an environment leads to motivation to interact with the environment, which leads to learning. It lays out several design principles: (1) involve children in the process of children's museum design in a way that…

Museums have always been, sometimes directly and often indirectly, a key resource of arts and cultural heritage information for the classroom educator. The Web now offers an ideal way of taking this resource beyond the traditional textbook or school visit. While museums around the globe are embracing the web and putting virtual exhibitions,…

This paper examines the rapidly changing state of museum handhelds from both a technology and content perspective. The paper also discusses the component parts for a successful museum installation: content, user interface, applications, form factor, positioning and the challenges to integrating these components. Specific examples are demonstrated…

Archival research gives students opportunities to appreciate original documents and artifacts, teaching them how to access materials, to treat them with care, and to invest them with meaning, and demonstrating the partnership researchers develop with librarians. Three suggested writing assignments introduce students to special collections,…

Article describes the increase in examples of photo-realism and its place in modern art. (GB)

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has been very successful in emphasizing informal channels of research through public TV, libraries, museums and historical societies while continuing traditional, university-based research in the humanities. (Author/PG)

Describes a college summer course that toured science museums in Britain and Europe to provide first hand experience at some of the historical apparatus and laboratories of chemistry. Lists museums and mentions special strengths. (AL)

A program to acquaint young people in America with the heritage of Negro Americans is described. (CK)

A number of exemplary compositions and uses of School Lenin Museums are mentioned in this article which brings out the important function of these museums in the political-ideological education of youth. (JB)