Greetings! I posted this announcement to Museum-Ed several weeks ago,
and after receiving several great submissions, I was hoping to cast a
wider net. 

 

I'm with the USS Constitution Museum, and we're currently looking for
examples of innovative, exciting, successful family programs.

 

In 2008, we received a 21st Century Museum Professionals grant from the
Institute of Museum and Library Services entitled Engage Families!
Encouraging Family Learning Across the Nation. The three-year project
continues the work of a 2004 IMLS National Leadership grant, which
explored.family learning techniques in museums.

 

Engage Families! seeks to continue this research and disseminate it to
museum professionals nationwide. One facet of this outreach is the
collection and online publication of 100 successful family programs from
around the country. Currently, we are about halfway to our goal, but
obviously, there's still plenty of work to be done.

 

If your institution-or an institution you know of-does a fantastic
program that promotes family learning, please tell us about it. We will
contact the museum, conduct a short interview, and based on this
information, compose a one-to-two page write-up for the museum's
approval. The "success story" will then be posted to the Family Learning
Forum website.

 

If you have any questions regarding the Engage Families! project or the
success story component of the project, feel free to contact me at
[log in to unmask] A number of success stories are
already available for viewing at
http://familylearningforum.org/programming/success-stories/index.htm.

 

Thanks very much for your time!

 

 

Claire Grothe

Intern, Family Learning Across the Nation 

USS Constitution Museum

P.O. Box 291812

Boston, MA 02129-0215

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(617) 426-1812 ext. 1812

 


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