Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the public use of museums, The Value of
Museums: Enhancing Societal Well-Being provides a timely and compelling way for …

This qualitative study explored mothers' and fathers' perspectives on children's play through
semi-structured interviews. Fifteen fathers and 19 mothers were interviewed using open …

In recent years, art museums have been putting more effort into creating e-learning
resources (ELR) to encourage young children to learn about art off-site. However, research …

This article presents a quantitative scoping review of play in museums, focusing on when,
where, and how play has been applied and researched. The findings indicate that the …

Interest in social emotional learning (SEL) is higher than ever, as parents, educators, and
policymakers recognize that children need more than cognitive skills for later life success …

Abstract “Hands‐on learning” and “learning through play” are key terms that museums use
to describe the interactive learning environments designed for families with young children …

ABSTRACT A corpus of 65 articles from the years 2016–2021 was reviewed in order to
describe and analyze current representations of children's museums in the scholarly …

Research in early childhood development widely supports play as a vital learning
mechanism for young children. Consequently, many libraries are beginning to embrace play …

Significant research has focused on caregiver-child interaction in children's museums, but
little is known about what caregivers might be observing or perceiving about their children's …

In the present chapter, we review the state of the cognitive developmental research on the
topics of curiosity, wonder and creativity, with a special focus on successful methodological …