Educational Benefits of Visiting an Art Museum

Overview

A randomized study involving over 10,000 students randomly assigned to visit an art museum. Findings include increases in cultural capital, critical thinking, empathy, and tolerance.

Resources:

The Educational Value of Field Trip: Education Next

Learning to Think Critically: A Visual Art Experiment: Educational Researcher

Creating Cultural Consumers: The Dynamics of Cultural Capital Acquisition: Sociology of Education

Measuring Critical Thinking: Results From an Art Museum Field Trip Experiment: Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Cultivating Interest in Art: Causal Effects of Arts Exposure During Early Childhood: Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Art Makes You Smart: The New York Times