Research-practitioner partnerships -- Two decades of families learning in a children's museum : a partnershipof research and exhibit development / Maureen Callanan,Jennifer Martin, and Megan Luce -- The spiral model :integrating research and exhibit development to fosterconceptual change / E. Margaret Evans, Martin Weiss,Jonathan D. Lane, and Sasha Palmquist -- The livinglaboratory model : a mutual professional development modelfor museum-based research partnerships / Kathleen H.Corriveau, Becki (Rebecca) Kipling, Samuel Ronfard, MartaC. Biarnes, Brittany M. Jeye, and Paul L. Harris --Building learning : narrating experiences in a children'smuseum / Catherine A. Haden, Tsivia Cohen, David H. Uttal,and Maria Marcus -- Learning about science and self : apartnership between the children's museum of Manhattan andthe psychology department at new york university /Marjorie Rhodes and Leslie Bushara -- Developing mind lab: a university-museum partnership to explore the processof learning / David M. Sobel, Susan Letourneau, and RobinMeisner -- Examining the development of scientificreasoning in context : a museum and laboratory partnership/ Cristine H. Legare, Robin Gose, and Cybil Guess --Discussion of partnerships -- Collaboration is a two-waystreet / Suzanne Gaskins -- Research and museumpartnerships : key components of successful collaborations/ Helen Hadani and Caren M. Walker -- Wanted : a newcultural model for the relationship between research andpractice / Bronwyn Bevan -- Exploring models of research-practice partnership within a single institution : twokinds of jointly negotiated research / Sue Allen andJoshua P. Gutwill -- General discussion -- Curatingexperience : the role of learner agency in museums andschools and the development of adaptive expertise / TinaA. Grotzer and S. Lynneth Solis -- Two missions in searchof a shared culture / Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and RobertaMichnick Golinkoff