Hi.

I don't know if this helps, but the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's
Center for Chesapeake Studies oversees the curatorial, education and
exhibit departments, as well as the museum's working boat yard.
Basically, those areas that directly involve public interpretation.  You
might contact someone from there. (www.cbmm.org).

On a slightly different track, I've been researching museum studies
program course offerings and have noticed that many courses that used
to be "museum education" have been renamed.  I've seen "museum
education" "museum interpretation" "museum communication and public
programs" and "museum interpretation and communication."  I'm
wondering what we all see as the difference in these terms (definition,
scope, target, etc.):  Education, Public Programs, Communication and
Interpretation?

Thanks,

Keni Sturgeon
Jensen Arctic Museum
Western Oregon University


----- Original Message -----
From: Geri Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2002 11:55 am
Subject: Interpretation and Programs

> Dear Colleagues -- Who among you are in museums where curatorial,
> registration and education staff are together in a department or
> divisionthat reports to you or to someone else because you are
> responsible for
> education and interpretation, public programs as well as
> overseeing the
> exhibition process.  What is that department or division called (eg.
> Education and Programs; Exhibitions and Programs; Collections and
> Programs;Education and Interpretation, etc.)  What is your
> position title, and is
> this structure successful?  Looking forward to your comments -- on
> or off
> line (completely confidential). We're trying to look at several
> structuralmodels that would emphasize the important relationship
> between education,
> exhibitions, collections and programs.  Thanks so much for your
> help.  See
> many of you at AAM/Dallas.  Cheers, Geri Thomas
>
> Geri Thomas, President
> Thomas & Associates, Inc.
> www.artstaffing.com
>
>
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