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.
Knowledge in Action ™
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
Activist Pedagogies in Museum Studies and Practice
As a complement to JME 47.4 Activist Pedagogies in Museum Studies and Practice, we are pleased to share this blog post. Dictionary.com describes lifelong learning as, “the provision or use of both formal and informal learning opportunities throughout people’s lives in order to foster the continuous development and improvement of the knowledge and skills needed for employment and personal fulfillment.”[1] … Read More
Meeting the Directors: Sarah Bloom
As we begin 2023, 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. Sarah Bloom (she/her)recently joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Discovery Center as the Sr. Officer for … Read More
Meeting the Directors: Wade Berger
As we begin 2023, 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. Wade Berger (he/him) is a PhD Candidate at Northwestern University and studies how informal educators learn from and … Read More
Meeting the Directors: Alexandra Morris
As we begin 2023, 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. Alexandra F. Morris (she/her) is an Egyptologist and disability activist. She recently was awarded her PhD in history … Read More
Letter from the President
November 2022 Autumn and early winter is my favorite times of year because of how it makes visible natural cycles of transition. However, adjusting to changing temperatures and hours of sunlight is not always easy, and, much like any change, can take time, effort, and grace to enact. The Museum Education Roundtable (MER) exists as a gathering space of practitioners … Read More
MER’s FY2022 Annual Report
The Museum Education Roundtable is happy to share its first annual report. This last year, like many others, our directors have done their best to follow the organization’s mission of inspiring innovative thinking for the field through engagement with scholarly and practice-based content explored in the Journal of Museum Education. The annual review features a letter from FY2022 President, Naomi Ostwald-Kawamura, … Read More