ABSTRACT
The civil rights movement was a powerful force contributing to museum's interest in expanding their exhibition policies and reaching out to potential minority audiences. Nevertheless, progressive efforts continue in museums today, albeit in a less hospitable political and social atmosphere. Every aspect of life, politics, culture, and education, changed dramatically during 1960s. Formal degree programs that emphasized museum education were initiated in 1970s at several higher education institutions, including Bank Street College of Education, George Washington University, and JFK University. In its early years, the Anacostia Museum also developed a training facility for exhibit technicians to provide Anacostia youth with employment opportunities. Frank Oppenheimer, David Hawkins, and Philip Morrison, all of whom were at Los Alamos during the Second World War, became involved in popularizing science and in influencing the way it was taught. Also, Frank Oppenheimer's laboratory pedagogic style for a museum evolved at the University of Colorado, and later came to characterize the Exploratorium's interactive exhibits.
