ABSTRACT
Although this book is about object-centered learning, objects are just the starting point for
the authors of these chapters. The overarching theme of the section appears to be a
consensus that it is time to dethrone objects from their traditional, privileged place as the
center of attention in the museum. Instead, exhibit designers and visitors alike are being
asked to shift their vision from the object qua object toward the practices that imbue these
objects with meaning in disciplinary communities.
