Beyond Science: Implications of the LSIE Report for Art Museum Education

Abstract The Learning Science in Informal Environments report holds great potential for creating change among those who work in the field of science education. But to what extent can it inform other sectors of the informal education world? This article explores how the LSIE report might influence research and practice in art museums. By comparing the report to a recent study in art education, the authors point out areas of overlap and divergence relative to content and skills, identity, and communities of practice. We suggest several implications for how art museums and science museums might learn from one another. A call to action is made for further research and discussion about common learning goals and outcomes for the art museum experience.     

对国家典籍博物馆职能定位的思考

中国国家图书馆加挂国家典籍博物馆的牌子,在行使图书馆职责的同时,增加了博物馆的职能.如何让典籍的专业博物馆更好地发挥公共文化服务职能,在人们的文化生活中发挥作用,在规划筹建的过程中,对其定位的分析应引起足够的重视.根据新时代博物馆的特点,结合典籍博物馆专题方向,对典籍博物馆的职能定位进行思考,希望能有更多的人关注典籍博物馆的建设.参考文献8.     

Modeling Ethical Thinking: Toward New Interpretive Practices in the Art Museum

Abstract One of the key challenges for the art museum today is how to make the discourses and interpretive repertoires that constitute art both visible and available to the public. Rising to this challenge requires a shift in the way the museum both imagines and carries out its interpretive responsibilities. This essay argues that such a shift is taking shape around the question of how to model ethical thinking in the art museum. Ethical thinking helps people (both museum visitors and staff) to make links between thinking and action: between beliefs (morals) and actions (ethics).     

科学文化的博物馆表达——黑龙江工程学院工程文化博物馆的策展思考与实践

展示技术的发展为博物馆展示科学技术提供了各种可能性,然而提炼和表达科学技术背后的科学文化,即科学精神、科学思想、科学方法、科学的价值观等核心内涵,并不是单纯的技术问题。工程文化是科学文化的一种类型,在黑龙江工程学院工程文化博物馆的策展实践中,通过情节化、重构展品语境和不同层次的参与等多方式,探索了在展示工程技术发展的同时,深入发掘背后的工程文化,让展览不仅传播科学知识,同时也兼具科学文化。     

张元济对中国近代图书馆事业的贡献

从19世纪末到本世纪30-40年代,张元济曹创建了三个图书馆,即通艺学堂图书馆、涵芬楼和东方图书馆、合众图书馆,以其丰富的馆藏为广大读者服务,为我国图书馆事业的发展做出了卓越的贡献.     

Working at Play: Informal Science Education on Museum Playgrounds

Abstract This article discusses the importance of play in informal science education and the growth of science playgrounds as an international trend among museums to create safe, challenging outdoor environments that use play to explore the foundations of science. Play is characterized by intrinsic motivation, active engagement, attention to means rather than ends, non‐literal behavior, and freedom from external rules, a means for acquiring information about and experiencing the environment. Successful exhibitions for children and families share these qualities and outdoor exhibitions encourage a degree of exploration and full‐body experience often not possible nor appropriate inside a museum. Two case studies are provided as evidence of the importance of play in the interpretation and design of science playgrounds. The first, Science Playground at the New York Hall of Science (opened 1997), uses an interpretive strategy in which evaluation and remediation are continually incorporated into the educational process. Experimental workshops were conducted to observe children's intuitive uses of the physics‐based exhibits, uninhibited by any authoritative explanations. From this evaluation, the institution elected not to produce interpretive signage at each unit, but rather to develop a guide for visitors and one for educators that outline the exhibition's basic physics principles and encourage visitors to experiment and make connection to their own experiences. The second case study, Exploration Park at Prisma, Zona Exploratoria de Puerto Rico in San Juan (opening 2002), outlines ten design criteria used to develop the playground. These include bringing together a diverse team to respond to institutional and audience needs, ages, interests, and cultural backgrounds; creating a specific sense of place, making use of the local environment and taking advantage of natural elements including water, soil, wind, and sun. Practical considerations of safety, materials, and prototyping are also addressed. The article concludes with the idea of play as essential not only in child development, but also in development of successful outdoor science exhibitions.     

信息素养个性化自主学习平台基本问题探讨

[目的/意义] 信息素养存在个体差异,当代大学生更倾向于“个性化、交互式、任务参与型甚至自主的学习”;信息素养个性化自主学习平台可为广大学生的差异化需求和持续进步提供解决方案。[方法/过程] 从自主学习需要的要素出发,分析“分学科、分阶段、分等级”模块化知识组织、信息素养评估、自主学习过程行为模式、信息素养提升影响因素和依赖路径、学习资源的个性化推荐等6个要素,据此定义平台系统架构和运行规则,并提炼出信息素养自主学习平台需要突破的3个技术难点：信息素养评估、信息素养提升的依赖路径、个性化推荐算法。[结果/结论] 研究结果表明,信息素养个性化自主学习平台不仅仅需要解决资源和用户行为相匹配问题,还需要具备“面向更高一级信息素养水平而推荐学习资源和学习策略”的能力。     

点亮世界的博物馆——英国博物馆考察记

<正>一从伦敦坐火车约两个小时就可以到牛津。我们已经和阿什莫林博物馆(Ashmolean Museum)东方部的Shelagh女士约好十点钟见面。六月的天气温暖、湿润、阳光明媚,在博物馆一层大厅,Shelagh女士略带歉意地告诉我们中国展厅正在装修,两年后     

几年来数字博物馆建设中的教训与反思

文章首先对我国数字博物馆发展进程和数字博物馆概念的讨论进行简短的回顾,之后深化对数字博物馆内容定位、服务机制和管理模式的研究,包括网站建设形式、信息的组织标准、网站的可扩展性、网站咨询服务、信息服务对象和综合管理模式。然后对10个数字博物馆进行案例分析和比较,对国内数字博物馆建设中存在问题的进行分析,在此基础上对国内数字博物馆的发展建设提出建议。     

Behavior vs. Time: Understanding How Visitors Utilize the Milan Natural History Museum

Abstract To evaluate visitors' use of the exhibitions and the communication strategy of the Milan Natural History Museum, we compared results gathered with two methods, based respectively on the timing of visitors and on the unobtrusive observation of exhibit‐use behaviors. We collected data from a sample of 100 groups of visitors (not guided), randomly selected at the museum entrance. We recorded the following data for each group: halls visited, length of stay in each hall, any kind of behavior showing visitor/exhibition interaction and the displays where interactions occurred. The study shows that visiting time does not give enough information about the actual use of exhibits by the audience. The investigation of visitor/exhibition interactions revealed itself to be the most usual method to describe the visitors' use of the exhibitions. The most important factor influencing visits to the Milan Natural History Museum is the communication technique used in the exhibition areas.     

Developing a Student Research Grant Program at a Location Remote from the Museum

Museums often have smaller facilities at locations remote from the main administrative unit. Activities at these units may be somewhat distinct from those at the organization's center, although fitting within the goals of the institution. Local contacts with the server and surrounding communities present unique opportunities for development of funding at these locations, opportunities not easily available at the organization's main development office. This account documents an example of a modest effort by the Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) in Portal, Arizona (a facility of the American Museum of Natural History in New York) to develop local funding for the SWRS Student Support Fund. Through local efforts developing this fund, 66 graduate students have received funding assistance for their research at the Station between 1989–2001. Institutions with more than one site should closely examine opportunities for decentralizing development efforts, relying instead on locally focused sources of funding for special projects. Such efforts reach new communities and garner local loyalties for institutional support.     

Gallery One at the Cleveland Museum of Art

How can art museums use interpretive technology to engage visitors actively in new kinds of experiences with works of art? What are the best strategies for integrating technology into the visitor experience? In 2012, the Cleveland Museum of Art responded with Gallery One, an interactive art gallery that opened to stakeholders on December 12, and went through a six‐week testing period before its public opening on January 21, 2013. Gallery One drew from extensive audience research and was part of a major building and renovation project in which CMA reinstalled and reinterpreted the entire permanent collection in new and renovated gallery spaces. The end result was an innovative and robust blend of art, technology, design, and a unique user experience that emerged through the collaboration of staff across the museum and with outside consultants.     

The LSIE Report and IMLS: Supporting Learning in the Informal Environments of Museums and Libraries

Abstract The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has funded hundreds of projects that promote lifelong learning in all disciplines and types of museums and libraries, including museum/library partnerships with schools, universities, and other formal learning organizations. Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits (LSIE) is a milestone in a continuing quest to understand and articulate the impact of informal learning experiences. Its recommendations identify significant issues for future research and practice, with implications beyond science learning. This article places the report in the context of previous and future IMLS work, including increased agency focus on—and resources for—research, evaluation, collaborative projects, and professional development.     

试论博物馆现代化的关键是人的现代化

我国博物馆学专家苏东海先生提出：在国家现代化建设的进程中，文博事业也应该实现两个转变：一、实现现代化，从旧的管理模式向现代文博事业转变；二、实现社会化，从封闭、半封闭状态向社会充分开放转变。