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Cultivating Creativity: The Columbus Museum of Art and the Influence of Education on Museum Operation

Coldiron, Marly E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429176568

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2015, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Arts Policy and Administration.
This case study explores the nature of museum education and its capacity to influence the operations and functions of the museum as a whole. Specifically, I examine the operations of the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, OH, and the institutional changes that occurred in the early 2000s. By centering the education department around the philosophy of creativity, the education staff reimagined the role of education in the museum and the museum visitor’s learning experience. From this new focus on creativity came a museum-wide adoption of creativity as an institutional value, an adoption that was manifested in the Center for Creativity, a structural reorganization and new job titles, and a new function as a social service for the community and local groups. This study shows that significant institutional change can take place as the result of a focus on education in the museum.
Candace Stout, PhD (Advisor)
Wayne Lawson, PhD (Committee Member)
77 p.
Education; Museum Studies; Museums
museum; education; Columbus Museum of Art; creativity; operations

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  • Coldiron, M. E. (2015). Cultivating Creativity: The Columbus Museum of Art and the Influence of Education on Museum Operation [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429176568

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Coldiron, Marly. Cultivating Creativity: The Columbus Museum of Art and the Influence of Education on Museum Operation. 2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429176568.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Coldiron, Marly. "Cultivating Creativity: The Columbus Museum of Art and the Influence of Education on Museum Operation." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429176568

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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