Protecting the Objects and Serving the Public Journal of Museum Education 36:2 Thematic Issue

1.The JME Announces New Format and Submission GuidelinesTina R. Nolan and Cynthia Robinson, Co-Editors-in-Chief2.IntroductionProtecting the Objects and Serving the Public, an Ongoing DialogueElisabeth Sommer3.To Touch or Not to Touch: That is the Question!Gene Allen Smith4.Shall We Go for a Ride?A Conversation about the Role of the Staten Island Historical Society's Model TMaxine Friedman5.A Study of Interactives in Virginia MuseumsRebecca Gavin6.Neither a Toddler Nor a Stick-in-the-MudAndrea Livi Smith7.Changing the RulesMaking Space for Interactive Learning in the Galleries of theDetroit Institute of ArtsJennifer Wild Czajkowski8.The Matter of MuseumsHilde Hein9.Communicating Culture in the 21st CenturyThe Power of Media Enhanced Immersive StorytellingMaggie Burnette Stogner10.Moving Museum ExperiencesShelley Kruger Weisberg11.The Open Storage DilemmaKimberly Orcutt

Biography

Cynthia Robinson (Director of Museum Studies, Tufts University) , Tina R Nolan (Associate Director of Partnerships, National College of Education at National-Louis University)