Index

Contents:
1 Foreword --
2 Preface --
3 How and Why This Study Was Done --
7 The Plan of This Book and Ways to Use It --
11 Acknowledgments --
13 Issues in Art Museum Education : A Brief History --
21 Art Museums and Education by Sherman Lee --
Part I: The Art Museum and Its General Public:
31 Introduction --
Chapter 1 : Profiles of Museums as Educational Institutions --
35 Introduction --
39 Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, ‘’ An Instrument of Art Education’’ --
56 The Educational Mission of the Museum of Modern Art --
Chapter 2 : The Individual Visitor and Exhibitions Designed to Teach --
76 Introduction --
83 Metropolitan Museum of Art : ‘’ Dutch Couples : Pair Portraits by Rembrandt and His Comtemporaries’’ --
86 The Minneapolis Institute of Arts : ‘’Fakes, Forgeries and Other Deceptions’’, an Exhibition --
89 Walker Art Center : ‘’New Learning Spaces and Places --
95 The Philadelphia Museum of Art : ‘’The Insible Artist’’ --
99 Two Installations, One Purpose: ‘’ African Art in/ and Motion’’ --
101 The Heard Museum : Educating Indians and Other Americans --
102 How to Create a Participatory Exhibition on Short Notice (Box) --
108 National Museum of Natural History: The Discovery Room --
110 The Audio Guide at the Metropolitan : ‘’ The Impressionist Epoch’’ (Box) --
111 An Interview with Katherine Kuh --
113 The Cleveland Museum of Art Slide Tapes --
Chapter 3 : Museum and Community --
119 Introduction --
Institutional Responses --
123 The Client Centered Structure of the Children’s Museum, Boston --
131 The Everson Museum in ‘’Phase Four’’ --
140 Greenville County Museum of Art : Electragraphics Off Site and outreach programs --
144 The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Department of Urban Outreach --
148 Whitney Museum of American Arts : The Downtown Branch --
153 The Baltimore Museum’s Downtown Gallery : Extension Service in the Marketplace --
155 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Artmobiles : The Origin of the Species --
158 Dougherty Carr Arts Foundation : South Texas Artmobile --
160 The University of Kansas Mini Van (Box) --
Special Audiences --
159 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Department of Community Programs : Senier Citizen Slide Lecture Program --
164 The Wadsworth Atheneum Tactile Gallery --
167 Albright Knox Art Gallery : ‘’ Matter at Hand’’ --
170 The Addison Gallery of American Art: Video for Special Audiences --
Chapter 4: Community Based Museums and Umbrella Agencies --
178 Introduction --
182 Anacostia Neighborhood Museum : A Model of Community Control --
190 The San Francisco Art Commission’s Neighborhood Arts Program --
211 Seven Loaves : A Network for Survival --
220 Museums Collaborative, Inc. --
Chapter 5 : The Museum Volunteer --
242 Introduction --
246 University of Texas Art Museum : Function, Care and Training of Docents (Box) --
247 The High Museum of Art: Volunteer Opportunities --
250 Wadsworth Atheneum : The Docent Program --
251 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston : The Docent Program --
253 Fort Worth Docent Council: Cooperative Volunteer Training (Box) --
255 A Good Idea from the Portland Art Museum (Box) --
Part II: The Art Museum and the Young, Their Schools --
259 Introduction --
Chapter 6 : Programs for Schoolchildren in Museums --
266 Introduction --
Series of Visits --
273 The Cleveland Museum of Art: East Cleveland Project --
295 The Brooklyn Museum: In Depth Series --
299 The Exploratorium: School in the Exploratorium (SITE) --
305 Indianapolis Museum of Art : Search --
308 High Museum of Art: Discovery and Elementary Art to the Schools --
310 Art Institute of Chicago: Focus and Perception --
312 The Pad, Pencil and Child on His Own (BOX) --
313 On Sketching in the Gallery (Box) --
314 Elvehjem Art Center : Children’s Newspaper Project --
316 Sterling and Francine : Clark Art Institute : The Children’s Program (Box) --
318 Kimbell Art Museum : Kimbell Clues --
The One Time Visit:
319 New Orleans Museum of Art : ‘’ A Museum Experience Africa’’ --
323 Philadelphia Museum of Art: School Programs --
325 Museum of South Texas : ‘’Art in Action’’ --
329 Old Sturbridge Village : Museum Field Study Program --
Chapter 7 : Museum Programs for Schoolchildren at Other Sites :
334 Introduction --
338 The Taft Museum: In School Program and Suitcases --
343 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: de Young Museum Art School Trip out Trucks --
350 Albright Knox Art Gallery : Color Wheels --
353 Contemporary Arts Museum : Art after School --
356 Three Mobile Units : Georgia Art Bus, Ringling Art Caravan and Birmingham Museum Artmobile --
Chapter 8: Nonmuseum Visual Arts Programs --
361 Introduction --
362 The Junior Arts Center, Los Angeles --
373 GAME, a Cultural Resource Center --
378 The National Center of Afro American Artists : The Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, Boston --
Chapter 9 : Orientation Galleries and Special Exhibitions for Schoolchildren --
385 Introduction --
387 Indianapolis Museum of Art : The Artery --
388 High Museum of Art : ‘’Shapes’’ --
394 Arkansas Arts Center : Yellow Space Place --
Chapter 10: Visual Arts Programs for High School Students in Museums and Schools --
400 Introduction --
407 Houston High School for Performing and Visual Arts --
412 University City, Missouri, High School of the Arts --
416 Minneapolis Public Schools: Urban Arts and Humanities --
426 The Museum Field Trip from the Teacher’s Side --
427 National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonia Institution : Discover Graphics --
428 Two Philadelphia Museum High School Programs (Box) --
431 Whitney Museum of American Art : Studio Program of Art Resources Center --
436 Cleveland Museum of Art : Advanced Placement Art History Course for High School Seniors --
440 Teenage Teachers : Explainers in the Exploratorium --
442 Institute of Contemporary Art: Value Visual Arts Laboratory in Urban Education --
447 National Portrait Gallery : ‘’The Trial of John Brown’’ --
448 Indianapolis Museum of Art : Indianapolis High School Council (Box) --
450 The Department of High School Programs and an Experiment in ‘’Arts Awareness’’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art --
Chapter 11 : Teacher Training and Classroom Materials --
462 Introduction --
471 Summer Institutes in Art History for High School Teachers --
475 St. Louis Art Museum: Teachers Resource Center --
477 National Portrait Gallery : ‘’The Trial of John Brown’’ --
448 Indianapolis Museum of Art : Indianapolis High School Council (Box) --
450 The Department of High School Programs and an Experiment in ‘’Arts Awareness’’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art --
Chapter 11 : Teacher Training and Classroom Materials --
462 Introduction --
471 Summer Institutes in Art History for High School Teachers --
475 St. Louis Art Museum : Teachers Resource Center --
477 Old Sturbridge Village : The Teacher Center (Box) --
481 Slide Packages and Teacher Training at the Milwaukee Art Center --
484 Metropolitan Museum Teacher Kits --
489 Detroit Institute of Arts Curriculum Project --
494 The National Gallery of Art’s Evaluation of the Extention Service (Box) --
495 CEMREL’s Aesthetic Education Program --
501 Museum of New Mexico Suitcase Exhibits --
502 The Children’s Museum MATCH Boxes (Box) --
Part III: The Art Museum and Its College, University and Professional Audience --
509 Introduction --
Chapter 12: University : Museums Relations --
512 Introduction --
518 Patterns of Cooperation between the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale University Department of the History of Art --
529 The University of Kansas Museum of Art and ‘’ The Spirit of Synthesis’’ --
535 How Two Universities, Columbia and the Institute of Fine Arts, Use the Metropolitan Museum of Art --
544 The Cleveland Museum of Art and Chase Western University : Joint Program in Art History --
560 Whitney Museum of American Art : Independent Study Program --
Chapter 13: The Artist and the Museum --
568 Introduction --
572 Copying in the Museum --
577 The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco : M.H. de Young Memorial Museum Art School --
582 The Schenectady Museum Artist in Residence Program --
584 An Interview with Louis Finkelstein --
Chapter 14: Training for Museum Education --
600 Introduction --
Programs with University Component --
606 University of Michigan Museum Practice Program --
616 George Washington University’s M.A.T in Museum Education --
624 University of Minnesota Department of Art History : Museology Degree Program --
Programs Based in Museums :
632 The Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships in Museum Education at the Metropolitan Museum, the de Young Museum, and Walker Art Center --
647 Toledo Museum of Art : Educational Fellowships --
652 Institute of the American Indian Arts Museum : Museum Training Program --
Chapter 15: Cooperation among Museum Professionals --
659 Introduction --
662 Washington, D.C.’s Museum Education Roundtable --
667 Texas Museums Consortium --
677 Proposal for a National Center on Museum Education --
679 Future Directions, Policy and Funding by Michael Spock --
685 Appendix I: Basic Information about Institutions in This Study --
729 Appendix II: Institutions and Programs Surveyed for This Study --
749 Indexes --