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| Public Archaeology and Museums in Japan | ||||||
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This paper outlines the types of public archeology activities undertaken at museums in Japan and discusses the nature of interaction between the public and the profession. |
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| Learning Communities as Inclusive Professional Development for Zoo Educators | ||||||
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A learning community component of a professional development program for educators in a United States zoo is researched in order to examine the group’s mediated pathway towards objectives. |
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| Representation and Reality in Museum Building: A Case Study of the El Paso Museum of History | ||||||
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An examination and analysis of the missed opportunities to be inclusive. |
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| Museums, Immigrants, and the Inversion of Xenophobia; or, the Inclusive Museum in the Exclusive Society | ||||||
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Worldwide migration challenges museums to promote inclusiveness in times of heightened xenophobia. The reaction against immigrants demands participatory community museums, safe yet dynamic spaces for cultures to mix and interact. |
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| Including Immigrants: How Art Museums Can Bring Together Old and New Americans | ||||||
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Explores the potential of art museums to bring together immigrants and university students to build mutual understanding, mutual respect, and language skills through collaborative experiences with works of art. |
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| The Kreeger Museum’s Hear Art, See Music Program: Providing Universal Access to Museum Learning | ||||||
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Hear Art, See Music was designed to enhance cognitive skills in students with learning disabilities through the use of visual arts and music in the museum setting. |
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| Dwelling, Display and Vernacular Practice in the Personal Museum: Study and Play in Eisinga’s Planetarium, Hille van Dieren’s Wrakken Museum and Sir John Soane’s Museum | ||||||
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Personal Museums, including Sir John Soane's Museum (London), Eise Eisinga’s Planetarium (Holland) and Hille van Dieren’s Wrakken Museum (Holland), provide a model of vernacular and engaged museum practice. |
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| Providing Evidence and Stories: On the Role of Museums in Literature | ||||||
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A comparative reading of the role of museums in literature to highlight expectations associated with museums today and the place they hold in society. |
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| This Is Not a Museum: The Guggenheim Musuem Bilbao | ||||||
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My virtual presentation provides an analysis of the confluence of particular events and the phenomenon of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. |
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| Museums Opening Up to Communities Using Web 2.0: Promise or Reality? | ||||||
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This paper will discuss how the model of museum communication is changing and will also analyze a number of important issues raised by the use of technological tools. |
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