A comprehensive and wide ranging look at the current state and future prospects of education within the museum at the beginning of the 21st century. Contributors are past winners of the annual Award for Excellence and the John Cotton Dana Award presented by the Education Committee of AAM. Authors include Diane Frankel, Michael Spock, Mary Ellen Munley, Elaine Gurian, Bonnie Pitman, and Alberta Sebolt George, among other leading educators and museum professionals.