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Research Informing the Practice of Museum Educators pp 231–245Cite as

Creating Meaningful Experiences in Art Museums

A Study of Museum Educators’ Perceptions of Meaningful Engagement with Works of Art

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I am stirred by an early childhood memory of a school field trip to an art gallery with my grade one classmates. My experience with a particular painting I saw on this visit has stayed with me ever since, and I often find myself reflecting on the nature of this and other early encounters with art. The painting was the subject of a guided group discussion, facilitated by an arts educator at the museum.

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  1. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario

    Nathalie Sienkiewicz (Education Lead and Project Coordinator)

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  1. University of British Columbia, Canada

    David Anderson

  2. University of British Columbia, Canada

    Alex de Cosson

  3. University of British Columbia, Canada

    Lisa McIntosh

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Sienkiewicz, N. (2015). Creating Meaningful Experiences in Art Museums. In: Anderson, D., Cosson, A.d., McIntosh, L. (eds) Research Informing the Practice of Museum Educators. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-238-7_17

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