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The Value, Practice and Future Prospects of Social Education in Art Museums

Author(s)

Shunqi Cao*

Affiliation(s)

University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK *Corresponding Author

Abstract

In the context of the construction of a lifelong learning system and the promotion of universal aesthetic education, art museums, as important institutions with both public cultural services and social education functions, have increasingly demonstrated their social educational value. This article systematically reviews the theoretical basis of art museum social education, explaining its core connotation from the interdisciplinary perspective of museology, education, and art studies; it deeply analyzes the current practical models of art museum social education worldwide, including exhibition education, public education activities, and digital education, among others; it examines the common challenges faced by art museums in conducting social education, such as uneven resource allocation, limited audience coverage, and an imperfect education effect evaluation system; finally, in line with the development trends of the times, from dimensions such as technological integration, cross-border cooperation, and precise services, it looks forward to the future development direction of art museum social education, aiming to provide theoretical references and practical inspirations for the high-quality development of global art museum social education.

Keywords

Art Museum; Social Education; Public Cultural Service; Aesthetic Education; Practice Model

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