Connecting Kids to History with Museum Exhibitions - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1598743821 ISBN 13: 9781598743821

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Kids have profound and important relationships to the past, but they don't experience history in the same way as adults. For museum professionals and everyone involved in informal history education and exhibition design, this book is the essential new guide to creating meaningful and memorable connections to the past for children. This vital museum audience possesses many of the same dynamic qualities as trained historian―curiosity, inquiry, empathy for the human experience―yet traditional history exhibitions tend to focus on passive looking in the galleries, giving priority to relaying information through words. D. Lynn McRainey and John Russick bring together top museum professionals to present state-of-the-art research and practice that respects and incorporates kids' developmental stages and learning preferences and the specific ways in which kids connect to history. They provide concrete tools for audience research and evaluation; exhibition development and design; and working with kids as "creative consultants." The only book to focus comprehensively on history exhibits for kids, Connecting Kids to History With Museum Exhibitions shows how to enhance the experiences of a vitally important but frequently the least understood museum audience.

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D Lynn McRainey, John Russick

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Kids have profound and important relationships to the pastabut they donat experience history in the same way as adults. The only book to focus comprehensively on history exhibits for kids, Creating History Exhibits for Kids shows how to enhance the experiences of a vitally importantabut frequently the least understoodamuseum audience

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598743821
• ISBN 13: 9781598743821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 333
• Editor: McRainey D Lynn, Russick John