Hi Lisa,

A couple of places you might look for evidence of the impact of museum visits on adult learners:

FORUM: Ongoing research in museum education – Search "Adult" - 18 studies come up  http://forum.mccastle.com/ 

CAISE – Informal Science Evidence Wiki http://informalscience.org/research/wiki – This was developed specifically to help provide evidence for those applying for American NSF grants. 

"Adults and Older People" is also the theme for the upcoming April issue of Museum Education Monitor (MEM), for which there has been a call for ongoing research and evaluation. This issue should be available next week. If interested, please get in touch to request a complimentary copy.

Cheers,
Chris

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From: Lisa Kerley <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Lisa Kerley <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2014 6:33 AM
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Subject: Impact of museum visits on adult learners

Hello GEM, 

Has anyone done any research in this area please? 

I work with Adult Learning funding, enabling adults with a range of learning and physical disabilities to access museum collections and heritage sites. I can see the positive effect the experience has on the learners I work with but I wonder if anyone has written anything in report form I could also used to back up my evidence when I come to write my final project report and apply for more funding next year. 

Many thanks

Lisa


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