Arizona State Museum "Culture Craft Saturdays--Serving At-Risk Populations" Institute of Museums and Library Services Grant Museums for America Program, 2007-2008 School Year. Final Evaluation Report

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Autor/inn/en	Falk, Lisa; Powers, Stephen
Titel	Arizona State Museum "Culture Craft Saturdays--Serving At-Risk Populations" Institute of Museums and Library Services Grant Museums for America Program, 2007-2008 School Year. Final Evaluation Report
Quelle	(2008), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Museums; Weekend Programs; Family Programs; At Risk Persons; Minority Groups; Public Libraries; Cultural Awareness; Educational Cooperation; Surveys; Focus Groups; Program Effectiveness; Attitude Change; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Wochenendseminar; Family program; Familienprogramm; Risikogruppe; Ethnische Minderheit; Public library; Stadtbücherei; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung
Abstract	Background: The Arizona State Museum, Tucson, received a grant for the school year 2007-08 from the Institute of Museums and Library Services, Museum for America Programs. The goals of this grant were (1) to continue a vibrant, monthly offering of family programs at the Arizona State Museum (ASM) around the topic of museum exhibitions, (2) to integrate literacy activities into the family program offerings by partnering with the public library, and (3) to attract at-risk populations to visit museums and libraries. The family programs series is called Culture Craft Saturday with a larger culminating program called the Summer Solstice Celebration. The evaluation of these educational and public service programs was deemed crucial to understand the results of these programs. Purpose: The research purposes were (1) to conduct research to see if these types of family programs coupled with library visits changed attitudes and assumptions about museums and libraries of at-risk populations, (2) to examine if participants (minorities and all attendees) are more likely to continue to use museums and libraries as a result of these programs, and (3) to examine if participants (minorities and all attendees) gain a better understanding of Southwest cultures as a result of their visit to the museum during a family program. Research Design: Descriptive; Statistical Survey; Qualitative. Data Collection and Analysis: Data collection consisted of surveys and focus groups. Attendees at all the Culture Craft Saturday programs and at the Summer Solstice Celebration were surveyed to determine the effects of attendance and participation in the events. In addition, at-risk partnership participants (youth) participated in focus groups and surveys before, during and after attendance at museum and library programs. Library surveys were only administered to the at-risk partnership groups and not to a general public. This report focuses only on data collected from the general public at the museum programs. Findings: Survey results for all program attendees, minority program attendees, and first-time museum attendees are reported more fully in Sections 4 and 5. Surveys reveal that "family" programs are not just for kids; visitors aged 1-87 attended the programs. The majority of minorities, first-time attendees and all attendees combined reported that they visited the museum because of the program and the educational activities and not for some other reason such as to view the exhibits. The attendees (100%) of the Culture Craft Saturday family programs indicated they were more likely to visit the museum again as a result of attending the program. Those attending the Summer Solstice Celebration (98%) also indicated they were "more likely" to visit the museum. Conclusion: Museum programs are often an entry to the museum for those who have not visited before and non-traditional visitors. They also serve as a way to draw back people who have visited before. Programs designed for multigenerational audiences should be offered in conjunction with exhibitions as most visitor groups span many ages. Special effort should be made to invite schools to weekend programs and to reach out to at-risk populations. Note, though, that if teachers are asked to do additional work, they need to be compensated for their time. In order to get at-risk organizations to bring their clientele to the museum, on-going communication and frequent visits to announce programs need to take place. Many at-risk population centers have frequent staff and clientele changes so frequent personal contact is important. Flyers should be sent to such organizations on a regular basis, but this needs to be augmented with offers to present about museum and library programs at staff meetings. Literacy programming can and should be integrated into arts and cultural programs at museums. Libraries are good partners for doing this and should be invited to serve as program partners with museums. Their contribution can span from creating bibliography take-aways, book displays at libraries, distribution of program announcement flyers and website listings to actively creating and presenting hands-on literacy activities at museum programs. Citation: Falk, Lisa. & Powers, Stephen. (July 2008). Final Evaluation Report: Arizona State Museum Institute of Museums and Library Services Grant: Museums for America Program 2007-2008. Tucson, AZ: Creative Research Associates. (Contains 4 tables.) [Cover title varies. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10