Pathways for Expanding the Public Education Functions of Museums

摘要

Abstract

Museum public education serves multiple functions, including knowledge dissemination, cultural transmission, aesthetic development, and social participation. At present, some museums continue to face problems such as educational content remaining subordinate to exhibitions, overly broad audience segmentation, insufficient continuity of educational activities, and weak evaluation of educational outcomes. Drawing on museum resources and the characteristics of public learning, this article proposes several pathways for improvement: transforming collection-based research findings into structured curricula, enhancing participatory activities, deepening museum–school collaboration, extending services into communities, developing digital educational resources, and improving mechanisms for personnel development and program evaluation. These measures are intended to broaden the reach and enhance the quality of museum public education.