Adult Museum Programs
Designing Meaningful Experiences

Enlivened with many examples and the words of program planners, instructors, and participants, this book can show you a whole new world for your museum programs, and help you design programs that will allow your adult learners to enter that exciting and potentially life-changing world.

Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer and her co-authors have taken an important study and turned it into an intriguing, readable, and practical book. Adult learners provide a unique opportunity for museum educators, but what are adult learners looking for? What motivates them to take a class or attend a museum sponsored activity? What do planners and instructors need to know to maximise the experience for participants? The authors analysed a wide variety of programs from the perspective of planners, instructors, and participants. They discovered what works and what doesn't, and they've distilled this knowledge into twelve basic steps to design truly meaningful experiences for your museum's adult programs.

Preface with Acknowledgments and Credits
Introduction
Chapter 1: Adult Learners: Unique Audience, Unique Opportunity
Chapter 2: Soul-Searches to Socials: Types of Museum Programs Being Offered to Adult Learners
Chapter 3: Program Planners' Perspectives
Chapter 4: The Instructor's Perspective
Chapter 5: Program Participants Speak Out
Chapter 6: Designing Excellent Learning Experiences: A Twelve-Step Program
Appendixes
References
Index
About the Authors.