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Presence of mind : museums and the spirit of learning

Title
Presence of mind : museums and the spirit of learning / edited by Bonnie Pitman.
Publication
Washington, DC : American Association of Museums, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Pitman, Bonnie.
  • American Association of Museums.
Description
184 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Bonnie Pitman -- Places for Explorations and Memories / Bonnie Pitman -- Thinking about My Museum Journey / Elaine Heumann Gurian -- Critical Issues for Museums in Our Expanding Role / Alberta Sebolt George -- Staying with the Big Picture / Danielle Rice -- Some Thoughts on Improving Education in Museums / Judith White -- Critical Issues for Making Art Museums Effective Educational Institutions / Patterson B. Williams -- Revisiting Critical Issues: The View from a Semi-Retiree / Zora Martin Felton -- Museum Education in Transition / Carolyn P. Blackmon -- Artifacts and Artifictions / Sally Duensing -- Conversations with Colleagues / Tessa Bridal -- Moving Beyond the Millennial Transition / Susan Bass Marcus -- Looking Toward the Future / Susan Bernstein -- Choice and Authenticity / Barbara Moore -- Is There Method in Our Madness? Improvisation in the Practice of Museum Education / Mary Ellen Munley -- Elegant Programs and Conversations / Michael Spock -- Real Pearls at the Postmodern Museum Potluck: Constructivism and Inclusiveness / Marlene Chambers -- Museums and a Learning Community / Diane Frankel.
ISBN
0931201586
LCCN
98053146
OCLC
  • ocm40489186
  • SCSB-4303153
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries