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Back MatterSource: Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1, Museum Education at TheArt Institute of Chicago (2003)Published by: The Art Institute of ChicagoStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4113030 .

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Museum Education at The Art Institute of Chicago

T his special issue explores the broad

history and practice of art education at

the Art Institute, charting the museum's past,

present, and future vision of what museum

education can be and do. Drawing from a rich

trove of archival, oral, and photographic

resources, authors offer a lively account of

museum education as an evolving profession,

an outlet for aesthetic and political ideas, and

a crucial element of the Art Institute's public

mission. The project, sponsored by the

Woman's Board of The Art Institute of

Chicago to commemorate its fiftieth

anniversary, also explores the museum's

educational efforts as a focus of volunteer

commitment, particularly since the 195os.

A pioneering effort, this publication

constitutes an important, unique contribution

to the history of education in American

cultural institutions.

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