Museum Design with, by, and for Children

Innovative International Approaches
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-77440-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 106 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Global Perspectives on Children in Museums

Museum Design with, by, and for Children makes an important contribution to contemporary museum theory and practice by focusing on the role and rights of children in museums from a new angle: design.

At a time when museum practitioners are challenged to work within their particular buildings and contexts to help the children in their communities feel welcome, invited, and involved, this book presents alternative approaches that are being implemented across the world and pushing the museum field further in its commitment to children, starting with design. This book provides inspirational insights into large- and small-scale ways that children can participate in museum design and therefore exercise their human rights, gain agency, develop their sense of belonging, and form part of museum communities. Drawing on case studies from Argentina, Australia, England, Italy, Mexico, and Paraguay, and theoretical insights from the Reggio Emilia Approach, constructivism, designerly learning, laboratory-style design, and the work of Paulo Freire and Francesco Tonucci, this book explores the extent to which museums’ design processes are child-centered and how children’s material culture can be reflected in the museum design work that will ultimately shape their own early learning experiences. This book explores museum design as a process that involves key stakeholders in procedural planning and associated tasks and discussions, such as those regarding color, light, shape, form, space, and building materials.

Museum Design with, by, and for Children will be valuable for museum practitioners, students, and researchers with an interest in children’s experiences in museums, particularly how children can be empowered as active participants with rights to the museum.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murray, Clare

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Öffentliche Gebäude, Gewerbliche Bauten
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Haustechnik, Gebäudeautomatisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Design: Allgemeines & Theorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstsammlung, Museen, Ausstellungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gestaltung, Darstellung, Bautechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Innenarchitektur, Architekturdesign

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures; Foreword by Sharon E. Shaffer; Endorsements; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 – Introduction; Chapter 2 – The History of Museums and Museum Design; Chapter 3 – A Rationale for Including Children in Museum Design; Chapter 4 – In Italy: A unique case of the Reggio Emilia Approach informing museum design; Chapter 5 – In Mexico: One museum embraces constructivism and Reggio-inspired work in design; Chapter 6 – In Argentina: A look at how Tonucci and Freire inspire museum design with, by, and for children; Chapter 7 – In Australia: A culture that centers children, starting with research; Chapter 8 – In England: A new museum emerges through designerly learning with children; Chapter 9 – In Paraguay: Latin America’s newest museum explores different participatory approaches; Chapter 10 – Conclusion; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Clare Murray studies children’s museum experiences. Clare is a doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University, and holds an MEd in art in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, an MA in early childhood education policy from Teachers College, and a BA in economics and Latin American studies from Colby College. She co-founded and leads a nonprofit art museum bus designed with/by/for young children in her home state of Connecticut, called cARTie (www.cARTie.org). Additionally, Clare is a two-time Fulbright Scholar – to Spain and Paraguay.