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This volume explores the process of transformation that is affecting art museums and their role in the modern world. It considers art museums from the perspectives of their social disposition, pedagogical practices, and the education they offer. The book embraces modern perspectives as a part of the international process where museums' activities are transforming from the established traditional approach to more innovative methods, such as the digital environment, websites development, and social activities, among others. The volume is divided into three parts wherein museums are considered as agents of different spheres in society, pedagogy, and education. The transformation that modern museums have to accept is rooted in new challenges that society offers, and the book offers various examples that could be inspirational for developing new strategies for museums. It also features interviews with museum educators throughout the world in which they share their experience and vision on the questions presented here.

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Dr Elena Polyudova works at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, and is also a Distant Associate Scholar at the Institute of Art Education and Cultural Studies at the Russian Academy of Education. She is the editor of the books Current Issues and Strategies in ESL Studies (two volumes) and Once Upon a Time in the Contemporary World: Modern Vision of Old Stories. As an author, she regularly participates at academic conferences and publishes articles on her research interests. Her publications include the books Current Streams in American Art Education and Soviet War Songs in the Context of Russian Culture. Her current research interests are multicultural and cross-cultural perspectives on the modern world, museum education, and sociolinguistics.

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