Tag Archives: museum education
A Slow Look, A Short Poem
Today’s blog is written by Lisa Falk, Arizona State Museum’s Director of Education, and this blog’s editor. People come to museums for a variety of reasons, but chief among these are to see objects, the art and artifacts on display. But according to those who study visitors in museums, visitors spend very little time actually [...]
Media for Change
Several weeks ago I received a call from Native American Public Telecommunications inviting me to attend the Media for Change workshop. The name alone was appealing, but then I learned it would be during Indian Market in Santa Fe. Would I want to join them? Hmmm…. Santa Fe during Indian Market, an event displaying fantastic [...]
Archaeologists Help Kids Save the Future
Our guest blogger today is Dr. Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman. She shares how curious and resourceful 10-14 year olds can be when trying to save humankind and the crucial role archaeologists played. Dr. Pavao-Zuckerman is Associate Curator of Zooarchaeology at Arizona State Museum and Associate Professor in the University of Arizona’s School of Anthropology. “Finally, an archaeologist.” [...]
Vanished! Help Needed! (not an April Fool’s joke!)
A mystery is brewing at the Smithsonian Institution and the scientists there need the help of youth ages 10 ½ to 14 to solve it. This challenge provides a grand opportunity to play an online science-fiction interactive mystery game, VANISHED, that leads to discovering the truth about an environmental disaster on Planet Earth. Do you [...]
Museum-Buffet: Programs du Jour
Today’s guest blogger is Kasey Harrington, a student in Cultural Resources Management at Vancouver Island University in Canada, who brought her curiosity, excitement for cultural learning, and museums to ASM’s education office for a winter internship. Her thoughts below, make me ask, “When was the last time you visited a museum? Has your child’s class [...]
Learning from the Public
This blog is written by Caitlin Wyler as a reflection on the internship she had in the education office at the Arizona State Museum last semester. Caitlin is a senior majoring in Anthropology with a minor in Spanish and History. Next year she plans to go to graduate school to specialize in museum education. There [...]
