Connecting kids to history with museum exhibitions

the long version

Kids have profound and important relationships to the past, but they don't experience history in the same way as adults. In this guide, top museum professionals present current research and practice to help create meaningful and memorable museum experience for children.--[book cover]. D. Lynn McRainey and John Russick bring together top museum professionals to present state-of-the-art research and practice that respects and incorporates kids' developmental stages and learning preferences and the specific ways in which kids connect to history. They provide concrete tools for audience research and evaluation; exhibition development and design; and working with kids as "creative consultants."--Publisher description.