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Category: Project Spotlights

February 19, 2019 ACM Updates / Project Spotlights / Views from the Field

Museum Schools: Laboratories for Playful Learning

A children’s museum considering a school today has the benefit of learning from the experience of organizations like Portland Children’s Museum and Opal School.

February 11, 2019 Project Spotlights / Views from the Field

Celebrating Endangered Species Day at Children’s Museums

The 14th annual Endangered Species Day on May 17, 2019 provides children’s museums with an opportunity to highlight their educational programs and overall mission while also recognizing this nationwide celebration.

January 28, 2019 ACM Updates / Project Spotlights / Views from the Field

Defining Play: Practical Applications

Having a clear definition of play, on an institutional level, can strengthen a museum’s work and facilitate communication around play to stakeholders.

December 19, 2018 Project Spotlights / Views from the Field

Finding Common Ground at Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose

Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose jumpstarted conversations with their Breaking Ground and Common Ground initiatives.

December 11, 2018 ACM Updates / Project Spotlights

Results from a Study of Play in U.S. Children’s Museums

The research question for this study was: How do children’s museums conceptualize play and its role in their missions?

November 27, 2018 ACM Updates / Project Spotlights

Spotlight on Satellite Museums: The Children’s Museum of the Upstate

This article, a case study of The Children’s Museum of the Upstate and its satellite museum, TCMU-Spartanburg, appears in the latest issue of Hand to Hand.

July 18, 2018 ACM Updates / Project Spotlights / Views from the Field

Helping Busy Parents Support Their Kids’ Brain Development

Vroom, an early learning and brain development initiative, starts from a very simple principle: Parents already have what it takes to be brain-builders.

June 26, 2018 ACM Updates / Project Spotlights

Celebrating National Summer Learning Day

National Summer Learning Day is less than one month away! Led by the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), July 12 is a national advocacy day promoting summer learning—and fighting summer slide.

June 8, 2018 ACM Updates / Project Spotlights

32 Years and 25 Linear Feet of Hand To Hand

ACM’s quarterly journal, Hand to Hand, was first published in 1986.

November 15, 2017 Project Spotlights / Views from the Field

Participatory Museums as Peacebuilders: The Case of Rodadora in Ciudad Juárez

How do you design a museum that seeks to sustain peace in a city once described as the most dangerous place in the world?

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