Discussion of multimedia evaluation and evaluation of public space learning environments focuses on the results of using a keystroke log file to identify the use patterns of the interactive multimedia system at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Studying engagement with the technical system separately from the content is recommended. (Author/LRW)

Overviews the history of collection, display, and interpretation of Native Americans and their material culture in museums. Summarizes Native Californians' points of view regarding the cultural images of Native Americans portrayed in museums, identifies contributions that Native Californians can make to museums, and encourages increased…

During and after World War II, "trophy commissions" organized the systematic removal of German library holdings and art to Soviet libraries, archives, and museums. Discusses the organized transfer of cultural property, motives for transfer, German property in Russia today, and suggests that Germans and Russians should aid each other in…

Provides background information on the lives and works of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Focuses on the artwork of the artists and the museums where their work is displayed. Includes museum photographs of their work. (CMK)

Investigates ways in which both overt and "borderline" forms of theatre at heritage sites may enhance the education of casual visitors and schoolchildren. Examines two different types of "living history" projects: Plimoth Plantation (Massachusetts) and the work of the Young National Trust Theatre in the U.K. Argues that the…

Discusses a workshop that accompanied the author's exhibit, "A Sense of Place: Paintings by Evelyn Busch Klie." Explains that students created a watercolor painting and a clay frame or base with details in it. Includes a list of art materials and learning objectives. (CMK)

Describes a field trip experience for the Earth Odyssey project for elementary school students focusing on biodiversity. Introduces the concept of diversity, field work, species richness, and the connection between animals and their habitat. (YDS)

Explores the life and work of the artist, Winslow Homer, a 19th century painter and illustrator. Focuses on the exhibition, "Winslow Homer the Illustrator: His Wood Engravings, 1857-1888." Includes the itinerary for the exhibition and examples of his illustrations. (CMK)

Investigates the relationships between students' free exploration of interactive science museum exhibits, conceptual understandings, and cognitive developmental levels. Classifies participating subjects (n=45), ages 5-13, as preoperational, concrete operational (empirical-inductive), or formal operational (hypothetical-deductive). (Contains 22…

Provides background information on the life and career of Charles Rogers Grooms, better known as Red Grooms. Describes the art exhibit, "Red Grooms: Selections from the Graphic Work," presented by the Tennessee State Museum (Nashville, Tennessee). (CMK)

Includes five articles that discuss digital reference in elementary and secondary education; the need to understand the technological environment of digital reference; question negotiation in digital reference; a pilot study that evaluated chat reference service quality; and collaborative digital museum and digital library reference services. (LRW)

Discusses programs available through state humanities councils, museums, and historical societies to help students and teachers interested in local history gain access to information and materials. Includes media and archival sources of information. (RW)

Discusses a local history project sponsored by The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, Maine. States that studying a local community focuses students' attention on how people and historical events have shaped their own lives. Describes how the program helped a fourth grade class explore and understand the past and present, as well as prospects for…

Fifth graders at a Virginia school are applying new knowledge about world cultures by constructing artifacts for an Egyptian legacy exhibit. Exhibitions are a key facet of Museums-in-Progress (MIP), a program that links problem-solving activities with the real world. Students learn to develop, install, and interpret an exhibition by touring local…

This third report from a project conducted by the Getty Art History Information Program presents results of interviews conducted with visiting scholars regarding their experiences searching DIALOG databases, the role the searching took in their research, and their attitudes about the future of online searching in the humanities. (LRW)