Museums and childhood: Negotiating organizational lessons

Childhood

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-301

  Milligan, Melinda J ^a   Brayfield, April ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Culture; Museum education; Organization; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344636933     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568204040183     Document Type: Article

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