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More Than Meets the Eye: Children, Wonder, and the Museum Experience
Introduction “Oh, it looks like a man burping flowers,” a student exclaimed, eyes fixed on Tau Lewis’ strikingly beautiful piece in the Making Their Mark exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). The work, Saint Mozelle in the Aphid Orgy, is a hand-stitched, freestanding textile sculpture—bold, majestic, and wide open to interpretation. The child’s comment, delivered … Read More
“What Do You Notice?”: An Interview on the Museum Education Experience Program
Across the museum field much conversation has centered on the efforts of diversifying collections and the perspectives that they represent. How can these efforts parallel and propel progress in diversifying our museum professional community? How can we break down the perceived and very real barriers to museum career paths for the next generation?
Gen Z Perspective: How Museums Can Cultivate Civic Wellness
What is civic wellness? The Journal of Museum Education’s spring 2025 issue draws on the term, used as an umbrella term to describe explicitly social justice and community-oriented programming in museums, to explore partnerships between museums and civic organizations. This blog post invites the reader into a case study of civic wellness in action through Gen Z engagement in Made … Read More