Noting the increase in interactive museums and science centers and children's exuberant reaction to hands-on exhibits, this guide provides tips for parents on how to prepare for a museum visit and how to encourage the learning process during the visit. The first part of the guide discusses the shift in museum policy from "hands off" to…

One component of the National Leadership Grants (NLG) program of the Institution of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is to promote collaboration between museums and libraries. This research assesses NLG program potential and gathers insights to help IMLS facilitate library/museum partnerships. The research: provides an estimate of the percentage…

This document announces the winners of the 2000 National Award for Museum Service. The award winners demonstrate the kind of influence and impact museums can bring to community life. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York) enjoys an international reputation for its collection of modern and contemporary art and its innovative special…

The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (PMH) is designed to facilitate discovery of the "hidden web" of scholarly information, such as that contained in databases, finding aids, and XML documents. OAI-PMH supports standardized exchange of metadata describing items in disparate collections, of such as those…

Over the last year the J. Paul Getty Trust's Web presence has evolved from a group of disparate, independently maintained Web sites into a homogeneous consistently branded one. This transformation recently culminated with the implementation of a leading Content Management System (CMS). There were and are many process-changes and challenges in…

When museum professionals speak of evaluating a web site, they primarily mean formative evaluation, and by that they primarily mean testing the usability of the site. In the for-profit world, usability testing is a multi-million dollar industry, while non-profits often rely on far too few dollars to do too much. Hence, heuristic evaluation is one…

Local mail posts were private enterprises that operated mainly in cities circa 1840-1861. Locals provided services the United States Post Office Department (USPOD) did not offer. Some locals operated in association with the USPOD. In addition, some locals offered services that overlapped those offered by other independent mail carriers and express…

After H.L. Mencken in a 1920 essay labeled the American South "the Sahara of the Bozart," the journalist Gerald Johnson debated with him the merits of southern intellectual life primarily as indicated in southern literature. There were noteworthy southern artists, journalists, social anthropologists, and educators, ranging from the…

Art icle stressed the advantages in working together for art educators and classroom teachers as well as museum personnel. (Author/RK)

Describes the Guggenheim Museum program, Learning to Read Through the Arts for Inner-City Children,'' funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, and run jointly with the New York City Board of Education. (JM)

New developments in the work practices of school Lenin halls and museums are observed. Emphasis is increasingly on the integration of these centers for ideological and political indoctrination and the educational process. (KM)

Describes the major exhibits to be found in Jacques Cousteau's Living Sea Museum, which is located aboard the Queen Mary at Long Beach, California. It is described as a museum of the mind and senses, since the exhibits demand imagination and the use of sight, hearing, touch, and smell. (JR)

Mead Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, displays private art collection at two elementary schools in Palo Alto, California, to provide children with an exposure to high quality painting. (DS)

During the 19th century, the Royal Institution changed from a middle-upper class society sponsoring working class adult education to one serving the needs of its predominantly middle class membership. Although increasing governmental participation in educational provision replaced Institution efforts throughout the century, the Society continued…

Notes professional growth of John Sloane and cites examples of his work. (DS)