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Education Collections (education + collection)

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Selected Abstracts

A Consideration of Museum Education Collections: Theory and Application

CURATOR THE MUSEUM JOURNAL, Issue 2 2001
Shane J. Macfarlan
Museum education collections are used to provide visitors with opportunities to handle museum objects. These collections are primarily composed of objects that are damaged, lack provenance, or do not fit the scope of the collection. Sometimes, these collections are displayed haphazardly and their interpretation may lack thematic context. Some museum education collections are not being utilized to their fullest educational capacity. The application of cognitive, exhibition, and collections management theories can alleviate some problems with museum education collections. A critique of the education collection at the Lubbock Lake Landmark is presented as a case study of these problems and some of the potential solutions to them. The study can be used as a template by other museums to solve similar problems in their education collections. [source]

,A developing sense of crisis': a new look at university collections in the United Kingdom

MUSEUM INTERNATIONAL, Issue 3 2000
Kate Arnold-Foster
A growing concern with the care and handling of some of the richest university museum collections in the world led to a nationwide review and sparked considerable new thinking in the United Kingdom. Kate Arnold-Forster, formerly a practising curator, is a museum consultant specializing in collection surveys and reviews, and in strategic matters. She has been involved in five of the regional surveys of higher education collections in the United Kingdom: in London, the north of England, the south-west, the Midlands and the South-eastern Museum Service (Western Region). Other recent research projects include a review of British music museums (Museums of Music, HMSO/MGC, 1993), and collaboration in the museum sector (Collaboration Between Museums, MGC, 1998). She is a member of the Museums and Galleries Commission (MGC) Museums Registration Panel and a fellow of the Museums Association. [source]