International Journal of Education & the Arts

Citation: Zammit, C. (2023). Meaningful engagement with an art museum collection. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 24(si1.9). http://doi.org/10.26209/ijea24si1.9

This article concerns the scenarios of museum education outreach that engages young people with an art museum collection. It includes examples of strategies that have been applied throughout action-research projects involving the learning experience of three different communities of young adults. The projects engaged the participants in holistic educational experiences as they explored their own narratives while engaging with art. The participants’ constant feedback gradually shaped up the educational strategies of the projects, targeting their own specific interests, narratives and needs. Although the projects did not aim at providing art therapy, being “liberating processes in themselves” (Gutierrez, 2016, p. 61) as the participants’ knowledge agenda, interests and needs were prioritized, they could still have led to transformations. In view of the mentioned projects, the article points out a series of recommendations that could help to direct art museum holistic educational outreach programs.