Museum Engagement/Museums in Action

Hammer, Allison

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Museum Engagement/Museums in Action

Author(s)

Hammer, Allison

Issue Date

2008

Keyword(s)

• 2008 Fall
• ARTS299

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Art - Studio 299, Museums in Action: Engaging the Community, Elizabeth Delacruz and Anne Sautman: This course considered how museum audience development perspectives and research are translated into practices that meet the needs and interests of culturally diverse audiences. Course readings, writing assignments, research, inquiry activities, and presentations provided students with opportunities for examination of museum interpretive practices, programming decisions, and public engagement activities, as well as analysis of Krannert Art Museum’s presence on the university campus, in the larger community, and on the World Wide Web. Students developed innovative museum educational approaches that would increase the accessibility of the artwork in Krannert Art Museum to culturally diverse audiences. Student research and development involved study of the museum’s multicultural permanent collection and temporary exhibitions; studies of local audiences; and studies of educational programming, and museum curricular materials. Students also explored how new media technologies can be incorporated into museum educational practices by developing new practices. The course syllabus is available at: http://www.eui.uiuc.edu/docs/syllabi/ARTS299F08.pdf.

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