John H. Falk Sea Grant Professor of Free-Choice Learning at Oregon State University. Lynn D. Dierking is professor of science and mathematics at Oregon State University. Susan Foutz is a research associate at the Institute for Learning Innovation in Annapolis, Maryland.

This anthology is the first in a series of Learning Innovations. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.

• 1 Foreword2 Preface3 Part I: How People Learn in Museums4 1. Towards an Improved Understanding of Learning from Museums: Filmmaking as Metaphor5 2. Family Learning in Museums: Perspectives on a Decade of Research6 3. Students, Teachers and Museums: Toward an Intertwined Learning Circle7 4. Exhibit Design in Science Museums: Dealing with a Constructivist Dilemma8 5. Research on Learning from Museums9 Part II: Engaging Audiences in Meaningful Learning10 6. Envisioning the Customized Museum: An Agenda to Guide Reflective Practice and Research11 7. Museums and Cultural Understanding12 8. Raising the Relevancy Bar at Aquariums and Science Centers13 9. Challenging Convention and Communicating Controversy: Learning Through Issues-Based Museum Exhibitions14 Part III: Fostering a Learning-Centered Culture in our Institutions15 10. New Ways of Doing Business16 11. Optimizing Learning Opportunities in Museums: The Role of Organizational Culture17 12. Fostering Effective Free-Choice Learning Institutions: Integrating Theory, Research, Practice and Policymaking18 13. Meaningful Collaboration19 Part IV: Investigating Museum Learning in the Next Ten Years20 14. Understanding the Long-Term Impacts of Museum Experiences21 15. Investigating Socially Mediated Learning22 16. Research in Museums: Coping With Complexity23 17. An Emerging Research Framework for Studying Free-Choice Learning and Schools