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The Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) is proud to partner with We Can Do This (https://wecandothis.hhs.gov/), the COVID-19 public education campaign of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACM will collaborate with children’s museums and related organizations across the U.S. to share critical information about the avail...
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Teachers' use of museum online science resources
We are in the process of a nationwide survey of teachers' use of museum online science content. I know there are a lot of surveys going around right now but we would like to invite you to share this survey with your networks of teachers. I will be sharing the results back out to help museums, zoos, and aquariums, understand what teachers want, what they use, what they're willing to pay, and how they identify online resources from museums.
If you have online...
Toy Library Rentals
I would love to hear from other museums who are implementing this already. I'm very curious about...
Feedback on current "demand" by families
I know that this has been discussed in various ways over the past few weeks and months, but I have a question for those of you across the country who have reopened: What has been your observation about families' willingness to come back to your museum? I know that for most of you your attendance numbers are down from typical levels, but I assume that at least some of that is due to the need to maintain social distancing and local limits on the number of people you ...
Best virtual delivery for young children
As we look to open our Science Centre in the coming weeks we are also looking to further develop our online content. We plan to run virtual programming specifically for our littlest of learners (ages 2-4). During these past few months we have been developing content virtually through several social media channels including Facebook live. As we begin to look at programming specifically for young children we need to change our delivery model towards this targeted...
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