This space was created by the Museum Education Roundtable to expand upon the most recent Journal of Museum Education (JME) issue, reflect on member events, and address timely issues that we face in the field of museum work. Read about how to write for our blog here.
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Enrich Museum Visitors’ Experience with a Book Club
Regardless of your museum’s curatorial focus, with a little research, your museum can find a book that will interest visitors, stimulate excitement, and grow understanding surrounding your collections—after all, books exist addressing every subject! To ensure your visitors engage with the available reading material, you can gather them in a book club! If you stimulate them in discussions of the … Read More
Framing Praxis – Theory and Practice
Part of our commitment to making the Journal of Museum Education accessible is to provide free access to one article per issue, supported by our partnership with our publisher, Taylor & Francis. For the JME issue 48.2, Learning Connections, our board selected the article “Traditional or Contemporary Art? A Study of Educational Approaches to Children in Two Chinese Art Museums” … Read More
Meeting the Directors: Adria Brown
MER would like to spend some time celebrating the wonderful people that we have the opportunity to work with. We asked each director to answer a series of questions to allow us to get to know them better. Adria Brown (she/her/hers) is the Associate Educator, Docent Program and Gallery Teaching at the Saint Louis Art Museum. She is a community … Read More
Meeting the Directors: Asami Robledo-Allen Yamamoto
MER would like to spend some time celebrating the wonderful people that we have the opportunity to work with. We asked each director to answer a series of questions to allow us to get to know them better. Asami Robledo-Allen Yamamoto (she/her/ella) is the Project Manager for Latinos in Heritage Conservation. Previously, she served as the Community and Bilingual Program … Read More
Writing for the JME
Writing as part of your regular museum educator practice: a call to make use of Susan’s Spero’s “Resources for Museum Writing” from the Journal of Museum Education issue 48.1: Words Matter. As members of the Museum Education Roundtable board and museum educators, we (Dr. Alexandra Morris and Wade Berger) are avid writers; we have written numerous grant proposals, articles, interpretive … Read More
Meeting the Directors: Hazel Theriault
MER would like to spend some time celebrating the wonderful people that we have the opportunity to work with. We asked each director to answer a series of questions to allow us to get to know them better. Hazel Theriault (she/her) is a museum professional passionate about inclusivity, authentic community, and science communication. She is an experienced leader, developing … Read More
A Poet, Wayfinding
As a complement to JME 48.1 Words Matter, we are pleased to share this blog post. Part of our commitment to making the Journal of Museum Education accessible is to provide free access to one article per issue, supported by our partnership with our publisher Taylor & Francis. For the JME issue 48.1, Words Matter, our board selected the article … Read More
Board Service: A Closer Look
It is recruitment season once again here at Museum Education Roundtable! If you are considering board service (and we hope you are!) you might be wondering: But what is board service actually like? We chat with MER Co-Vice President Adria Brown and Chair of the Recruitment Task Force to learn more. How did you first connect with Museum Education Roundtable? … Read More