Cecelia et al:

It's the educator's job to put the audience first, but the curator's job to
put the collection first.

This is just a reminder from a persnickety curator that without a
collection, there's no museum, and therefore no museum education!

Jill R. Chancey, Curator
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Laurel, MS
(phone) 601-649-6374
(fax) 601-649-6379

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Date:    Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:36:26 -0700
From:    Cecelia Ottenweller <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Definition of Museum Education

Hi all,

Keni said "To me, museum education is a way of thinking that puts the
visitor, the museum's audience, first.  We are the people who should
beadvocating for the public within our institutions." Amen! The
number of hats we wear!! Forget Clark Kent and "Smallville" - to be a
museum educator is a superhuman task in many ways. It's so easy for
non-profit administrations to lose sight of the real reason the
institution exists, and our job is to bring it all back to the
mission.

The comments have been great - thanks for the discussion, folks.

Cecelia

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