Researching Visual Arts Education in Museums and Galleries brings together case studies from Europe, Asia and North America, in a way that will lay a foundation for international co-operation in the future development and communication of practice-based research.

Museum Education and Research-based Practice.- Section A: Museums and Lifelong Learning.- 1. Things Change: Museums, Learning, and Research.- 2. Visitors’ Learning Experiences in Dutch Museums.- 3. Art Museum Education in Singapore.- 4. The Longing for Authentic Experiences: The Subjective Meaning of Visual Art for Museum Audience and Amateur Artists.- 5. Come to the Edge: Artists, Art and Learning at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) — A Philosophy of Access and Engagement.- Section B: Museums and Formal Education.- 6. Discovering Brera: Using Experimental Evaluation for the Study of the Relationship Between Museum Learning and School Teaching.- 7. Museums, Galleries and Art Education in Primary Schools: Researching Experiences in England and Greece.- 8. You’re Taking Us Where? Reaction and Response to a Guided Art Museum Fieldtrip.- 9. The Celebrity Performer and the Creative Facilitator: The Artist, the School and the Art Museum.- Section C: Museums and Personal Discovery.- 10. Significant Moments, Autobiography, and Personal Encounters With Art.- 11. The Gallery as a Site of Research.- 12. Interpreting Art Through Visual Narratives.- 13. Postmodernism and Art Museum Education: The Case for a New Paradigm.- Section D: Landscaping The Future.- 14. On the Brink of Irrelevance? Art Museums in Contemporary Society.