The manual of museum learning / edited by Barry Lord.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295) and index.

Museums, lifelong learning, and civil society / Gail Dexter Lord -- What is museum-based learning? / Barry Lord -- The potential of museum learning--the essential museum / Elaine Heumann Gurian -- Families and children challenging museums / Claudia Haas -- New relationships with the formal education sector / Brad King -- Involving the community : the museum as forum for dialogue and learning / Spencer R. Crew -- The centrality of museum educators : organizing and budgeting for museum learning / Barry Lord -- Space and facilities for museum learning / Heather Maximea -- Interpretive planning and the media of museum learning / Hugh A.D. Spencer -- Audience-based measures of success: evaluating museum learning / Barbara J. Soren -- Marketing museum learning / Amy Kaufman -- Multiple points of reentry : the challenge of sustaining participation in museum learning / Mira Goldfarb.