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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

Disclaimer

This lab supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts through an NEA Research Lab award to Texas A&M University and the University of Missouri (Award #:1880056-38-C-21 – some projects featured on this site not funded under the current award). The opinions expressed here are those of the lab’s co-directors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Endowment for the Arts Office of Research & Analysis or the NEA. The NEA does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information included in these materials and is not responsible for any consequences of its use.

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