Adult museum programs
Subtitle: designing meaningful experiences
By: Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer ... [et al.].
Contributors: Sachatello-Sawyer, Bonnie, 1964-
Series: American Association for State and Local History book series
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Museums -- Study and teaching -- United States.; Museum techniques -- Study and teaching -- United States.; Adult education -- Curricula -- United States.; Non-formal education -- Curricula -- United States.
Description: Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer and her coauthors have analysed a wide variety of museum programs from the perspective of planners, instructors, and participants. They discovered what works and what doesn't and have distilled this knowledge into twelve basic steps you can use to design truly meningful experiences for your museum's adult programs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Adult learners: unique audience, unique opportunity; title: Soul-searches to socials: types of museum programs for adult learners; title: Program planners; title: The instructors; title: Program participants speak out; title: Designing excellent learning experiences.