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The Museum Effect - How Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Institutions Educate and Civilize Society (Hardcover)
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The Museum Effect - How Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Institutions Educate and Civilize Society (Hardcover)
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Museums, libraries, and cultural institutions provide opportunities
for people to understand and celebrate who they are, were, and
might be. These institutions educate the public and civilize
society in a variety of ways, ranging from community events to a
single child making a first visit. The Museum Effect documents this
phenomenon, explains how it happens, and shows how institutions can
facilitate this process. Cultural institutions vary dramatically in
size, nature and purpose, but they all allow visitors to hold
conversations with artists and authors perhaps long dead. These
conversations, sometimes with others present, and sometimes with
artists, scientists, explorers, or authors not present, allow
visitors to explore their lives and their "possible selves."
Cultural institutions inspire personal reflection, and help
visitors better themselves, in that they leave having contemplated
what is noble, excellent, or exemplary about the society in which
they live. The "museum effect" is a process through which cultural
institutions educate and civilize us as individuals and as
societies. These institutions allow visitors to spend some time
with their thoughts elevated, and leave the institution better
people in some meaningful fashion than when they entered. This
visionary book presents the underlying idea and the argument for
the museum effect, along with empirical research supporting that
argument. It will help those working in museums, libraries, and
archivists to facilitate this process, and study how this is
working in their own institutions.
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