Apologies for any duplication but I noticed this new book announcement posted on publib, a public librarians listserv.  Since it hasn't appeared on Museum-L, I thought I'd pass it along on the chance that museum educators, museum librarians and students in museum studies programs would be interested.

There are two websites at the end of the message for additional information.

New Publication Now Available

Rethinking Learning: Museums and Young People


This new book contains practical, inspirational case studies written by senior museum and gallery professionals and academics from the USA, Europe and Africa. Examining best practice, it shows how imaginative, responsive services for children and young people can have a transformational effect on a museum and its visitor profile as a whole.

Authors recount how, for example – as a direct result of their focus on young people – attendance has increased by 60% in three years; membership has reached record levels; and repeat visits have grown from 30% to 50%. Many of the environments in which these services operate are particularly challenging: the city community where 160 different languages are spoken; a remote location whose typical visitor has to travel 80 miles; the museum which targets children with challenging physical, mental or behavioural needs – and whose experience demonstrates that museums are uniquely placed to serve them.

This is an essential book not only for those working with children and young people, and for those in any way concerned with museum and gallery policy, strategy, marketing and growth.



More information, including full contents and reader reviews, may be found here: www.museumsetc.com/?p=96


The book is available to order online now for immediate delivery, from: www.museumsetc.com/?p=96



Publication details

ISBN: 978-0-9561943-0-5

Binding: Paperback

Published by: MuseumsEtc

Pages: 240

Price: £29.95 [including shipping]



MuseumsEtc | Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh | EH1 3QB | UK

Judy Turner (who is in no way connected with this publication or publisher)
Whitefish Bay, WI

Blogging at: http://alms-jact.blogspot.com/
and
http://judyct.wordpress.com/ 

"The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." - Mark Twain in a letter to George Bainton, 10/15/1888



      

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