Children's Museums: A Look Back at the Literature

Children's Museums: A Look Back at the Literature

This article examines nine articles from the Curator archive, from 1960–2017, on the topic of children's museums. It concludes that despite enormous changes in these museums over the 60‐year span, there are a number of trends consistent in the literature. The article concludes with a call to mu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Curator (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2017-04, Vol.60 (2), p.143-150
1. Verfasser: Herz, Rebecca Shulman
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Art history
Children & youth
Curators
Curricula
Literature reviews
Museums
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Zusammenfassung:This article examines nine articles from the Curator archive, from 1960–2017, on the topic of children's museums. It concludes that despite enormous changes in these museums over the 60‐year span, there are a number of trends consistent in the literature. The article concludes with a call to museums to invest in research in order to understand the impact of our work, and to help us ensure we are really achieving what we claim to.
ISSN:0011-3069
2151-6952
DOI:10.1111/cura.12196