National Survey: Prevalence of Interdepartmental Collaboration and Constructivism in Art Museums

(USA)

Research questions: This research seeks to examine how the collaborative approach to exhibition development affects the visitor experience in art museums. Initially three case studies were examined to understand how collaboration is initiated and its relative advantages and disadvantages as an exhibition development approach. This study will broaden the scope of this research.

Data presentation: The data from this survey will be presented in a summary report. Ultimately I would like this report, along with my masters project and a resource website for constructivist techniques to be presented at an AAM panel discussion in 2010. Additionally, I will be submitting a summary of this content to the NAME Journal for their Spring 2010 issue.

Principal researcher: I will be crafting and evaluating the survey with the assistance of professional evaluator Chris Parsons.

Site: This research project will fulfill my final internship units and is being conducted independent of any museum. It is a companion to my masters research project: Collaborative Constructivism: A Case for Interdepartmental Exhibition Development in Art museums. The research looks at the collaborative and constructivist activities in three case studies.

Time span: The instrument is being crafted now, the survey will go out mid August and a final report will be written in mid September.

Contact: For any questions or to volunteer to receive this survey or contribute your constructivist or other forward thinking educational techniques, I can be reached at matthew.isble@gmail.com