With all the politics in education today, museums or places of informal 
education are in a position where they need to continually develop and revise 
their educational programming.  Museum Educators do everything, but there 
importance lies in making objects-artifacts meaningful to visitors.  A good 
museum educator works with the community and schools to correlate the mission 
of the museum to that of the curriculum being taught in the classroom so that 
it is meaningful.  A museum educator helps to ensure that teachers want to 
return and they are justified in bringing their students to the museum.  A 
working knowledge of educational theories and object based intepretation, 
working well with ALL types of people, creativity and knowledge of museum 
policy and procedure are skills that are invaluable in a museum educator.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ María Elena 
Sánchez                                            
Curator of Education                                            "El Pueblo 
que pierde su historia'                   
Nevada State Railroad Museum                                            
pierde su destino."       
2180 S. Carson St.                                                    -Anónimo
Carson City, Nevada 89403                                      
775-246-0513 (home)                                          "A people who 
lose their history
775-687-8291(work)                                      lose their destiny"
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-Anonymous



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