Virtual Museums

Virtual Museum as Innovative Tool for Adult Education

Art as a resource for learning - educational practices in Nordic art galleries
Project period: 2006.08.01- 2008.07.31

Partners: University of Umeå (Sweden), Oslo University College (Norway), The Danish University of Education.
Abstract:The aim of the project is to generate such new knowledge through a comparative investigation of education in major Nordic art galleries with a special focus on contemporary art and young people. The museums involved are The Danish National Gallery, Moderna Museet (Sweden), The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Norway), Kiasma (Finland) and the Nordic Watercolour Museum. In order to emphasize the comparative aspect, the project uses ethnographic methods in the investigation of the educational ideologies, strategies and practices of the galleries. Selected data will be analysed in relation to a model of  five interconnected levels of theory and of practice.

Nordic Visual Arts Education in Transition

Project period:  2006.06.01- 2007.05.31
Partners: The  Stockholm Institute of Education (Sweden), Oslo University College (Norway), The University of Turku (Finland), The Danish University of Education. 
Abstract:This aim of the project is to review publications of Nordic research in visual arts education (VAE) from 1995 to 2006. The Swedish Research Council funds it. It is based on a multidimensional, conceptual framework describing the knowledge base of VAE. For example, VAE can be studied taking either the visual arts or education as the starting point when formulating research questions, etc. Another important dimension is whether the subject matter being taught is mainly defined in terms of visual communication or visual culture.