Museum Practitioner Stories
We are interested in learning in museums and other informal learning institutions. We are hoping that you are too and that you can help us. In order to help us write a book about learning and evidence-based practice as it is relevant to visitor experience in museum settings (including exhibitions, outreach, educational programmes, events, resources), we are asking for your assistance. We want to make the writing as user-friendly and practical as possible. So we are soliciting questions and problems that are encountered by people who work in museums (in various education-related capacities) that we might be able to use as scenarios that can be addressed in chapters within our book. We know there are many opportunities for making decisions and choosing between options in your roles. As such, we think it is important to think about how ideas about learning and research can help frame the choices that can be made. In particular, we are hoping you would be willing to share a practical issue that you have struggled with.

We are interested in issues/problems that you have had in any stage of the development of a project (from conceptualisation to delivery) and would very much appreciate any input you could provide.   We would be especially interested to know about experiences you’ve had where things went wrong or didn’t go according to plan. If you have used theories/concepts/ideas in your effort to tackle these issues/problems, it would be interesting to hear your thoughts about these as well (we will keep donors anonymous within the chapters, though we would like to be able to include you in the acknowledgements section, with your approval).

This survey includes questions that we hope will help you to convey some of the things that you encountered in working through the problems you faced.

If you have questions about our project or this survey, please contact us by email: jill.hohenstein@kcl.ac.uk or t.moussouri@ucl.ac.uk
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Please give a drief description of a project in which you encountered difficulties *
(staff training/volunteering programme, temporary or permanent exhibition, discovery areas/rooms or labs, programmes, shows/demonstrations, workshops, outreach, events, theatre,  resources etc)
Who is/was involved in it *
(from which departments & roles they play)
Information about the Project *
Project scope Project aims & objectives Target audience Interpretation plan/approach
Was there an underlying learning (or other) theory used in realising the project? *
If so, what theory (or theories) were these?
What issues were faced during the development and delivery? *
Which stage of the project did the issue(s) come up? *
Which aspect of the project did it relate to? *
(i.e. content, design, interpretation, project management, in-group communication, budget, schedule, installation etc)
How were these issues resolved? *
If relevant, how did theory help to resolve the issues?
 If relevant, how was theory adapted in order to resolve the issue(s)?
Is there anything else about the issues that you would like to tell us about?
What type of institution do you work in? *
E.g., Large Science Centre, Local Historical Site, Botanical Garden, etc.
What is your role within the organisation? *
E.g., Head of Learning, Curatorial staff, Evaluator, Docent, etc.
Your contact information
If we have further questions about your experiences, we might like to contact you. If you would not mind being contacted, please add your name and email address here. This is not obligatory.
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