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This group is for those working in children's museums or with children's programming, and would like to discuss current or upcoming trends within them.Members - feel free to start discussions, share ideas or interesting articles!  See More

This group is for those working in children's museums or with children's programming, and would like to discuss current or upcoming trends within them.Members - feel free to start discussions, share ideas or interesting articles!  See More

Hi all,As we know, children's museums aren't true museums.  They are more informal learning playhouses under the guise and organizational structure of a traditional museum.  They also don't typically have collections being studied, conserved, exhibited, etc.  However, that doesn't mean this is out of the question, just not likely. I'm curious to know if any of you have seen exhibits or programs in children's museums that incorporate actual museum collections?  At the University of Colorado,…See More

This group is for those working in children's museums or with children's programming, and would like to discuss current or upcoming trends within them.Members - feel free to start discussions, share ideas or interesting articles!  See More

So this is something that I think a lot of children's museums struggle with: how to create exhibits and panels that interest both the kids and their adults?  After all, we want the adults to be experiencing the museum with their kids, but how do we do this?See More

This group is for those working in children's museums or with children's programming, and would like to discuss current or upcoming trends within them.Members - feel free to start discussions, share ideas or interesting articles!  See More

This group is for those working in children's museums or with children's programming, and would like to discuss current or upcoming trends within them.Members - feel free to start discussions, share ideas or interesting articles!  See More

I posted this discussion in the Children's Museums group, but would love to hear from others.The New York Times came out with an article last month about the trend in children's museums to use their exhibits and programs to address contemporary social and health issues like racism and childhood obesity.  I have the article below, and would love to hear some opinions about this.  Should children's museums go into this arena or stay in the realm of informal learning?  Thanks!…See More

The New York Times came out with an article last month about the trend in children's museums to use their exhibits and programs to address contemporary social and health issues like racism and childhood obesity.  I have the article below, and would love to hear some opinions about this.  Should children's museums go into this arena or stay in the realm of informal learning?  Thanks!…See More

This group is for those working in children's museums or with children's programming, and would like to discuss current or upcoming trends within them.Members - feel free to start discussions, share ideas or interesting articles!  See More

The most pressing cultural challenge confronting humanity today may be the transformation of the fundamental unsustainability of existing communities - locally and globally. What are the potential roles museums can play in this transformation?See More