Journal

46.3

JME 46.3: International Perspectives: What is Museum Education?

A photograph of a busy museum art gallery. A crowd of people in motion are blurred in the foreground, with a large painting displayed on the wall behind.  The photograph shows one person’s arm in focused, reaching up a mobile phone to take a photo of the painting.

EDITORIAL

International Perspectives: What is Museum Education?
Cynthia Robinson

WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS

Small Museums and Community Partnerships: Equity, Education, and Interpretation
Emma Rose Doctors & Katherine E. Carter

Capturing Catalysis: A Mixed-Methods Study Raises Questions on Instrumentation’s Fit to Mission
Jeremy A. Joslin

Historical Empathy and Museum Culture
Melanie Innes & Heather Sharp

Communicating Climate Change Content in Small and Mid-Sized Museums: Challenges and Opportunities
Catherine Henry & Kate Carter

Revitalizing the School Museum: Using Nature-Based Objects for Cross-Curricular Learning
Caroline Cornish, Felix Driver, Mark Nesbitt & Julia Willison

TOOLS, FRAMEWORKS, AND CASE STUDIES

Volunteer Educators in Museums: How Effective Training and Retention Leads to Exceptional Interactions with Visitors
Heidi Kartchner, Tammy Messick Cherry, Christina Talbert & Jennifer McIntosh

Experimenting Interpretation: Methods for Developing and Guiding a “Vibrant Visit”
Pohanna Pyne Feinberg & Marie-Hélène Lemaire

Art Museums and Exclusionary Visions of Nationhood: The Possibilities for Docent Training
Stephanie Anderson & Emily Keenlyside

BOOK REVIEW

Museums as Agents of Change: A Guide to Becoming a Changemaker
by Mike Murawski, Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield, 2021, 132 pp., $35.00 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-5381-0895-6
Holly Gillette

The art of access: a practical guide for museum accessibility
by Heather Pressman and Danielle Schulz, Lanham, MD, The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2021, vii + 210 pp., $42.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-5381-3051-3
Kate Zankowicz