Engagement and Access (eBook)

Juilee Decker is an associate professor of Museum Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) where she teaches courses focusing on museums and technology so as to bring theory and praxis together in the classroom environment. Decker earned her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. Her research interests and curation include the construction of public and private collections as well as the subjects of public art, commemoration, and memory. Decker’s recent curatorial activity includes “A Passionate Pursuit: The Milward Collection,” an exhibition addressing the formation of a private collection of more than 1000 works of art (2012); “Reflections on a Louisville Landmark,” a juried show and an exhibition of historic maps, photographs, and texts for the Louisville Visual Art Association; and “Virginia Woolf and the Natural World,” an international exhibition to coincide with the 20th annual Wolf conference (2010). She has worked as a public art consultant and advisor for more than 15 years and has managed several public and private collections of public art. Since 2008, she has served as editor of Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, a peer-reviewed journal published by Rowman and Littlefield.

Introduction by Juilee DeckerChapter 1: Listening to our AudiencesWilliam Hennessey and Anne Corso, Chrysler Museum of ArtChapter 2: Museum Access for All: Engaging Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersAshley Hosler, The Walters Art MuseumChapter 3: STAMP: An Innovative New Program to Engage Teen AudiencesAlison Zeidman, Greater Philadelphia Cultural AllianceChapter 4: #CulturalHeritage: Connecting to Audiences through InstagramMargot Note, World Monuments FundChapter 5: How the Boca Raton Museum of Art Captures Attention and Shifts PerspectivesMarisa J. Pascucci, Boca Raton Museum of ArtChapter 6: Expanding Family Access and Engagement in an Historic House Museum: A.B.C.D.E.Janet Sinclair, Stansted Park, UKChapter 7: A Natural Solution to Increasing Engagement with Our Local Environment and Museum CollectionsJan Freedman, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, UKChapter 8: Closing the Fossil Hall & Opening Fotorama!: Online and Onsite Engagement at the National Museum of Natural HistoryCharles Chen, Jennifer L. Lindsay, Siobhan Starrs, Barbara W. Stauffer, National Museum of Natural HistoryChapter 9: The BioLounge at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural HistoryJ. Patrick Kociolek, University of ColoradoChapter 10: Art & Beer: The Drunken CobblerSarah Lampen, Stephanie Parrish, and Eric Steen, Portland Art MuseumIndexAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editor