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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

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Summertime concerts at the history museum? Or students who visit at some point and go on to careers in science and technology. We also focused this year on working with the countywide adult education agency to start an intergenerational science program at three senior centers throughout St. Louis count it. Those count.