Research on education and interpretation in history museums and historic sites

[Chris Castle]

Are you currently researching or evaluating any aspect of the practice of education and interpretation in history museums or historic sites?

MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, is compiling a list of ongoing research and evaluation projects for the upcoming April 2008 issue. I welcome listings by museum workers, faculty, and students at all levels of study. This month's focus is history museums and historical sites but studies in other disciplines will be featured in subsequent issues.

If you wish to share information on your research or evaluation project with others around the world, please send an e-mail to mem@mccastle.com that includes:
- name of project
- question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- how the data will be presented
- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)
- site(s) where research is being conducted
- time span
- contact information
- key words/labels to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please.

All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of origin. **Deadline for the April issue is Monday April 14, 2008.**

FYI, the following research projects were listed in MEM, March 2008 (Focus on student research):

- A cultural triangle: digitalisation, art and museum. An analysis of Antwerp museum websites using Web Usability Heuristics (Belgium)

- Index to Historica Fair Research Project Resources (Canada)

- Children’s museum in the world and creating a children’s museum model for Turkey (Turkey)

- Museum education and museums of Italy and comparison to Turkey (Turkey)

- Making 4 – 5th class elementary school students conscious of protecting cultural objects through museum education (Turkey)

- An investigation into the key factors that underlie the contemporary exhibition of biological collections in British museums (UK)

- Museum puppetry (UK)

- The role of activities about science in influencing the science learning identities of students (UK)

- Preserving Culture Through History (USA)

- Influence of Gallery Layout Properties on Space-Use Patterns and Exhibition Narratives: An Inquiry on the Galleries of YCBA, MoMA, and HMA (USA)

- The Effects of Security Guards and Gallery Guides on Visitor Experience at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (USA)

A complimentary copy of this Museum Education Monitor, March 2008, is available upon request to mem@mccastle.com . Research listings are also available on the MEM blog, "FORUM: Research and Resources in Museum Education" at www.mccastle.com.

Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss your research. I look forward to hearing from you!

M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor
mem@mccastle.com
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