This report examines the impact and effectiveness of an educational program (Discovery Corners) offered by the National Museum of History and Technology. The main objective is to offer feedback to museum personnel regarding the impact of museum exhibits and programs. The Discovery Corners program involves on-site presentations and demonstrations…

RELATED SOURCE MATERIALS ON AMERICAN INDIANS HAVE BEEN COMPILED IN AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE A GREATER AWARENESS OF THE HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY LIFE OF AMERICA'S "FIRST COMERS"--THEIR DIVERSIFIED CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY, LANGUAGES, RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, ART FORMS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH RANK SOME OF THEM AMONG THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS…

Part of a course designed to acquaint high school students with basic information concerning careers in public service, this student guide is one of nine (each with accompanying teacher's manual) which constitute a course entitled "Orientation to Public Service." Focus in the units covered by the guide is on educational services, one of…

The 15 museums featured demonstrate the convergence of two ideas--the development of new kinds of museum experience, especially for the young, and the ongoing search for significant out-of-school educational opportunities. These museums provide students with educational experiences typically not possible within the schoolhouse. The purpose of…

A handicapped person's choice of accessible arts activities is very limited. This report focuses on the people and places now developing facility, planning, and program solutions that enable the handicapped to participate in the arts to their fullest potential. The 131 stories about outstanding facilities and programs, current legislation, and…

The rapid development and changes in our society, as characterized by the term "Scientific Revolution," touch every field of our activities. It is natural that they should touch the work of museums as well, where the need to establish the museum profession appears to be an urgent requirement at present. This book focuses on the training of museum…

The investigations reported in this monograph have to do with the relative educational effectiveness of various methods of instruction, and of attendant circumstances of the formal visits of school children to the Buffalo Museum of Science. Two broad generalizations came out of the investigations; that the effectiveness of a museum visit is…

Using the personal interview technique, the Milwaukee Public Museum has made a tightly controlled statistical analysis of visitor response to a series of variations on a central anthropological theme: concepts versus specimens, extensive versus minimal labeling, many specimens versus a few selected pieces, color versus monochrome presentations.…

Visitors to a public museum were asked to study a museum exhibit and to answer programed questions using a punchboard coordinated with an audio cassette. The audio portion pointed out relationships in the exhibit and directed a visitor's attention, as well as confirmed his answers to the punchboard questions. Some visitors used the audio cassette…

This report on the 1969-70 Dayton Early Childhood Education program is divided into three parts: (1) an overview of the ECE program, (2) a description of the program components of ECE, and (3) an evaluation. Section 1 includes an introduction and reports on the growth of the program, how the program contributes to the kindergarten program, the…

Presents guidelines for parents and teachers on preparing young children (3 to 8 years old) for a visit to the art museum. In preparing children for museum experiences, education for the art museum should be related to child development, begin long before entering a museum ("museum education"), and be sequential. (BB)

How museums have changed to accommodate young children is described, the importance of pre-visit preparations is discussed, and strategies and activities to enhance the concepts gained from museum experiences are presented. (RM)

The integration of museum art collections into public school learning is the result of a reciprocal need. Museums have authentic, primary documents that they want to share; schools are in search of richer and more intriguing ways of delivering traditional subject matter. The educational history of museum education is discussed. (RM)

Subject concentration in the National Museum of American History Branch Library, a part of Smithsonian Institution Libraries system, is in the history of science and technology and American history, with emphasis on material culture and on documenting and servicing the museum's collections. Special collections include trade literature and…

An institute held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art taught teachers how to look at art, how to use an art museum as a resource, how to use visual arts confidently, and how to integrate the visual arts into classroom subjects. The program's goals, teaching methods, and results are covered. (IS)