Revisiting Roundtable Reports After 50 Years

2023 marks the 50th anniversary that the Museum Education Roundtable (MER) has been publishing reflections and research from the museum education field, first as Roundtable Reports, and since 1985 as the Journal of Museum Education (JME). Though it is best known through these publications, even befo...

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Published in:Journal of museum education 2023-10, Vol.48 (4), p.374-381
Main Authors: Dezember, Michelle, North, Diane M.T., Farmer, Jane M., Alexander, Mary
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