ABSTRACT
As a museum seeks to communicate it must necessarily promote a conversation with its visitors. The conversation can be silent, as the visitor reponds to a combination of pictures, demonstrations, ex hibits, and labels. In most cases, however, a museum seeks to share its understandings with the visitor through personal interaction. In the best of all possible worlds, this sharing will enhance the growth of both museum and visitor. How can this sharing, this conversation, which can be either a monologue or dialogue, be understood and developed by museum teaching personnel?
