Behind the Scenes at the Museum: Your All-Access Guide to the World's Most Amazing Museums
"Behind the Scenes at the Museum," a book packed with information for 9-12 year olds, but teens and adults will love, too!
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Museums Through the Backdoor
All Articles: Look With New Eyes at Museums
The People Behind the Scenes at Museums
Sheep herding adds to the visitor experience at Biltmore Estate. A person behind the scenes. Surely sheep herding sparks your curiosity!
How to Save Money on Museum Admissions
Museums are worth visiting, and they can be very expensive. Look with new eyes at a variety of ways to save money on museum admissions.
How Do I Get There from Here? The Visitor Experience Often Needs Improving
Look with new eyes at wayfinding/navigating in museums. Many museums do it poorly.
Help Museums Be Better About the Visitor Experience!
Museums need your feedback about what they're doing right and wrong. Look with new eyes at museums as places that need to hear from you.
Look Up! Look Down! Peer Around!
Peering at the often unnoticed details in museums can be fulfilling and surprising. And it will spark your curiosity!
Tips for Taking Challenging Children to a Museum
Why visit museums with challenging children? Because it's good for them! Try these strategies from a therapist.
Museum Tips: How to Visit a Museum
Tips about how to visit a museum, especially if you're an infrequent museum visitor or haven't been in a long time. Look with new eyes!
Where Am I Supposed to Sit!
Museums can make me cranky! Why don't they have enough seating? Why visit museums if they aren't going to be hospitable? Some do it right.
The Approach Road: Biltmore Estate
The Approach Road on Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina is a three-mile wonder. Drive it slowly. Look with new eyes!
Things About Museums that Irk Me!
Look with new eyes! As the cranky museum visitor, some things about museums irk me. Do they irk you or spark curiosity in you?
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