Sanna Wicks The Museum Review, Volume 6 Number 1 (2021) Abstract This article discusses visitor experience as a central consideration for interpretation designers, and demonstrates how film production techniques implemented in lighting several spaces at National Trust properties in the United Kingdom help to enhance the visitor experience. The author proposes that using a film productionContinue reading “Lighting historic properties to enable immersion and enchantment”
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The state of United States museums due to Covid-19: individual perceptions of institutional fiscal security and personal safety
The state of United States museums due to Covid-19: individual perceptions of institutional fiscal security and personal safety C.L. Kieffer, PhD The Museum Review, Volume 6 Number 1 (2021) Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the international economy and employment. Some of the hardest hit organizations include small nonprofits, including many museums, which have closedContinue reading “The state of United States museums due to Covid-19: individual perceptions of institutional fiscal security and personal safety”
Teacher influence on school student learning outcomes at National Museums in Zimbabwe
Teacher influence on school student learning outcomes at National Museums in Zimbabwe Simbarashe Shadreck Chitima, PhD The Museum Review, Volume 5, Number 1 (2020) Abstract School teachers often visit museums with school students for educational and enjoyment purposes. However, very little is known about the influence of teachers in students’ learning that takes place in museums.Continue reading “Teacher influence on school student learning outcomes at National Museums in Zimbabwe”
Functions of art museums: what visitors and museum staff believe
Functions of art museums: what visitors and museum staff believe Clare Murray The Museum Review, Volume 5, Number 1 (2020) Abstract Do art museums in the 21st century view themselves as sites for active learning? And do their visitors visit them primarily to make meaning of works of art? The author sought answers to these questions inContinue reading “Functions of art museums: what visitors and museum staff believe”
A Moroccan in the Smithsonian: narrating America through its museums
A Moroccan in the Smithsonian: narrating America through its museums Zineb Bahji, PhD The Museum Review, Volume 5, Number 1 (2020) About the Author Zineb Salah Bahji is a full-time professor of Scenography, Art History, and Professional English in Groupe Léonard in Rabat, Morocco. She holds a doctoral degree in Museum Studies and Scenography and realizesContinue reading “A Moroccan in the Smithsonian: narrating America through its museums”
Iconic architecture and the end of the Bilbao Effect: Bilbao, Denver, Abu Dhabi
Iconic architecture and the end of the Bilbao Effect: Bilbao, Denver, Abu Dhabi Gerardo del Cerro Santamaria, PhD The Museum Review, Volume 5, Number 1 (2020) Abstract This paper uses several cases of attempted urban regeneration via cultural megaprojects to show the drawbacks and failures of so-called Bilbao Effect: a model of urban revitalization based on iconicContinue reading “Iconic architecture and the end of the Bilbao Effect: Bilbao, Denver, Abu Dhabi”
Museum architecture as a work of art: Frank Gehry’s Museum of Pop Culture and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Museum architecture as a work of art: Frank Gehry’s Museum of Pop Culture and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Justin Ross Muchnick The Museum Review, Volume 5, Number 1 (2020) Abstract This essay focuses on two museums designed by architect Frank Gehry, the Museum of Pop Culture (2000) and the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum (1997), placing them in conversation withContinue reading “Museum architecture as a work of art: Frank Gehry’s Museum of Pop Culture and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao”
Curating the contemporary at University Museums
Curating the contemporary at University Museums Patrizia Luzi, PhD The Museum Review, Volume 5, Number 1 (2020) Abstract Originating as encyclopedic and universal museums in the 18th century, university museums house extremely varied collections, referring to a number of diverse academic disciplines. These collections played a significant role in developing a type of knowledge founded on taxonomyContinue reading “Curating the contemporary at University Museums”
Teaching argumentation through art: insights for museums from the STELLAR Project
Teaching argumentation through art: insights for museums from the STELLAR Project Lisa Abia-Smith, Keith Smolkowski, Lisa A. Strycker, Lynne Anderson, and Peggy Marconi The Museum Review, Volume 5, Number 1 (2020) Abstract How can museum educators use art to teach argument writing? This article describes the implementation, results, and implications of the STELLAR (Strategies for Technology-Enhanced Learning and LiteracyContinue reading “Teaching argumentation through art: insights for museums from the STELLAR Project”
Hands-on-humanities: an aspirational educational pathway for disadvantaged students in rural Victoria, Australia
Hands-on-humanities: an aspirational educational pathway for disadvantaged students in rural Victoria, Australia Annelies Van de Ven, PhD and Sharyn Volk, PhD The Museum Review, Volume 5, Number 1 (2020) Abstract This paper presents the structure, challenges, and initial outcomes of the ongoing project “Engaging Antiquity in the Goulburn Valley,” a hands-on-humanities teaching and learning initiative focusedContinue reading “Hands-on-humanities: an aspirational educational pathway for disadvantaged students in rural Victoria, Australia”
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