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Presented at the Kress Foundation Museum Education Roundtable in 2008
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Scott Sayre Sandbox Studios Kress Foundation Museum Education Roundtable, February 6, 2008 Museum Education Issues of Practice Scott Sayre Sandbox Studios
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Page 1: Museum Education: Issues of Practice

Scott Sayre Sandbox Studios Kress Foundation Museum Education Roundtable, February 6, 2008

Museum EducationIssues of Practice

Museum EducationIssues of Practice

Scott SayreSandbox Studios

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Scott Sayre Sandbox Studios Kress Foundation Museum Education Roundtable, February 6, 2008

Issues of PracticeIssues of Practice• Barriers to collaborationBarriers to collaboration• Role definitionRole definition• Quantity vs. qualityQuantity vs. quality• Allocation of resourcesAllocation of resources• Technology promise and perilTechnology promise and peril

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Scott Sayre Sandbox Studios Kress Foundation Museum Education Roundtable, February 6, 2008

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Scott Sayre Sandbox Studios Kress Foundation Museum Education Roundtable, February 6, 2008

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Scott Sayre Sandbox Studios Kress Foundation Museum Education Roundtable, February 6, 2008

Minneapolis Institute of ArtMinneapolis Institute of Art

By 2001 the Museum had produced and installed over two dozen permanent Interactive Learning Stations

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Scott Sayre Sandbox Studios Kress Foundation Museum Education Roundtable, February 6, 2008

Minneapolis Institute of ArtMinneapolis Institute of Art

Phase 2 - LCD Findings• Temporarily installed 6 LCD

video loops• 3 focus groups conducted

– Visitors felt the LCD’s enhanced the exhibit even when in very close proximity to objects

– 6 inch displays too small10 inch about right

– Ambient audio preferred where appropriate

– Time should be indicated (45 seconds to 5 minutes best)

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Scott Sayre Sandbox Studios Kress Foundation Museum Education Roundtable, February 6, 2008

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