What role can museum education play in our relationship with works of art? How can educators and volunteer guides contribute to deepening this relationship? Can we imagine a collective art experience? How can a museum experience that fosters a sense of research and discovery be designed? What should be the theoretical framework of the education that can create such an experience?

Through similar questions, Museum Lessons opens up a comprehensive discussion on museum education, which dates back over a century, along with its history and function. Rika Burnham and Elliott Kai-Kee, both of whom have been teaching in various museums in the US for years, skillfully blend the conceptual foundations and practical dimensions of the profession to question what museum education should be in their pioneering work. They focus on the dialogical nature of communication with viewers during educational sessions and the experiences of the viewers, ultimately outlining a new way of seeing and learning together.
(From the Introduction)