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ERIC Number: EJ1324590
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-8650
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"What Does It Matter Where My Body Happens to Be?" A Personal View of Online Art Museum Tours
Kaplan, Deborah
Journal of Museum Education, v46 n4 p531-546 2021
When the pandemic temporarily closed U.S. museums in March 2020, it also halted on-site museum tours. Some museums responded by developing or expanding their virtual programs, including online tours. The author, an in-gallery docent at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, trained during the pandemic to give virtual tours. Comparing in-person with computer-mediated art museum tours, she acknowledges that virtual tours are an essential part of museum outreach and education, enabling those who are unable to travel to an art museum to strengthen their critical thinking skills and learn more about American art and culture. But she also advocates for in-person museum-going, arguing that our bodies play a key role in viewing art objects and in experiencing their spatial locations.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: District of Columbia
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