Young children’s perspectives of museum settings and experiences

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-282

  Piscitelli, Barbara ^a   Anderson, David ^a  

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EID: 10644291096     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647770100401903     Document Type: Note

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