ABSTRACT
The Framework was developed for use by professionals, but it is also appropriate for museum studies students, who are interested but have not yet entered the profession. In the summer of 2002, Eugene Dillenburg (one of the original Excellent Judges in Chicago) taught an undergraduate course to 16 students in the Museum Studies Program at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Entitled “Assessing Excellence in Public Education Exhibitions,” the course was designed around an early version of the Framework–using it as a means for looking at and thinking critically about exhibitions. Based on this experience, this section discusses what to expect when using the Framework with museum studies students.
