Hand to Hand, a news journal for children’s museum professionals and others interested in children, families and informal learning, is published on a quarterly basis by ACM. Hand to Hand is a benefit of membership in the Association of Children’s Museums. Opinions expressed in this journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of ACM.

Unsolicited manuscripts, letters to the editor, artwork and photographs are welcome.

• Direct editorial corresponence to the Hand to Hand editor and designer, Mary Maher, Phone (434) 295-7603

• Direct sponsorship inquiries to Jessica Dodson, Program Manager, Development & Special Initiatives

Hand to Hand Archive

The current issue of Hand to Hand is available as a free PDF from the ACM homepage and the Members Only Web site. Additionally, ACM posts the back issues in the current calendar year in the Members Only Web site.

VOLUME 25

Number 3 (Fall 2011)
Volunteers

• Work with Me Here: Changing Organizational Culture to Engage Volunteers by Jay Haapala, Minnesota Children’s Museum
• If You Ask...Will They Come?: Working with Corporate Volunteers by Mary Ellyn Voden
• Q&A by Marcia Hale
• Tucson Teens Volunteering. . .and Not Just ’cuz Mom Said So by Jennifer Phillips, Children’s Museum Tucson
• Benchmarking: Strength in Numbers by Debbie Young, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
• Reinventing the Internship Program by Diane Poff, Please Touch Museum®
• 2011 Promising Practice Award Winner Stepping Stones Museum for Children (Norwalk, CT): Multimedia Global Connections Initiative
  

Number 2 (Summer 2011)
InterActivity: Innovation is Child’s Play

• Keynote Address: Where Good Ideas Come From – Steven Berlin Johnson
  
• Keynote Address: Education Nation – Milton Chen
• Partnerships, Learning & Leverage: An Interview with Susan Hildreth – Susan Hildreth, Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, Interviewed by Janet Rice Elman, Association of Children’s Museums
  
• Great Friend to Kids Award: The Jim Henson Company – Lisa Henson, The Jim Henson Company
  
• 2011 Promising Practice Award: KidZone Museum (Truckee, CA) – Carole Meagher, KidZone Museum
  

Number 1 (Spring 2011)
Science Learning in Children’s Museums

• Learning Science in Informal Environments – Cecilia Garibay, Garibay Group; Michael Feder, National Research Council, Institute of Museum and Library Services
• The Meanings behind Their Messages – Lorrie Beaumont Evergreene Research
• Adding a Scientist to the Children‘s Museum Equation – An interview with Astronomer Mike Brown, Interviewed by Yvonne Chavez-Lombardi,
• Kidspace Children’s Museum; Lyn S. Wood and Kathy Gustafson-Hilton, Hands On! Inc.
• Museum Science Goes to School – Jill Foster, the Discovery Museums
• Science at Play: Museum Preschools Offer Rich Environments for Science Learning – Jeanne Vergeront, Vergeront Museum Planning
• Stem Sampler – Natalie Krieger, Chicago Children’s Museum; Keith Ostfeld, the Children’s Museum of Houston; Nora Moynihan, Port Discovery Children’s MuseumPromising Practice Honorable Mention: Environmental Management System, The Children’s Museum of Denver; Institution-Wide commitment to Environmentally Sustainable Practices, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
  

VOLUME 24
Number 4 (Winter 2010)
Go Play Outside

• How Has Our Garden Grown – Lori Lieberman, Cape Cod Children’s Museums & Coonamessett Farm
  
• Connecting Children with Nature: The Key Role of Children‘s Museums – Susan Wirth, Arbor Day Foundation & Dimensions Educational Research Foundation
  
• On the Lookout – Brianna Cutts and Mary Jo Sutton, Bay Area Discovery Museums
  
• From Summer Sun to Winter Wind: Year-round Sustainability on an Urban Rooftop – Cheryl DeWelt Robinson & Julie King, Madison Children’s Museum
  
• Gimme Shelter: Adding Outdoor Classrooms – Darcy Lewandoski, Museum of Life + Science
  
• Sproutside: Museum Transforms Urban Eyesore into Learning Oasis – Margo Lee Strebig, Flint Children’s Museum
  
• Consulting with Children – Rebecca Johnson & Liz Smallman, Eureka! The National Children’s Museum
  
• Promising Practice Award: Zero Waste Practices – Linda M. Fischetti, Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose

Members can purchase back issues of Hand to Hand at $5 per issue (non-members pay $10 per issue), if a PDF or paper copy is available. Please refer to the Hand to Hand Index for a list of back issues and articles dating back to 1987!

• To order a back issue, email Laura Thornton, Association Coordinator. Please include your name, address and the name of the issue(s) you are interested to purchase.

Hand to Hand Subscriptions

The main contact for each organizational member recieves one free subscription of the printed journal. Sponsor-level museums qualify for an extra subscription. Individuals, staff members at museums, businesses and educational institutions are welcome to purchase a subscription of the printed Hand to Hand journal.

• U.S. Subscribers: $30; International Non-member Subscribers: $50; shipping and handling included.

• To subscribe, email your name and address information to Laura Thornton, Association Coordinator

Hand to Hand Sponsorship

Hand to Hand is ACM's quarterly journal that highlights national issues and trends in the youth museum field. Articles include
interviews with key individuals, program overviews and museum profiles.

Format: 16 page print and Web publication; will print in full-color with sponsorship

Circulation: 1,800 (ACM primary contacts, individual museum account holders, subscribers, Web visitors)

Sponsor Recognition: Sponsor information (logo, Web site, tagline or ad image) to be placed on the outside cover. Sponsor
information to fit approximately in 2.75" x 3.75" space, Hand to Hand editor will determine exact placement and dimensions.
Only one sponsor per issue.

Fee: $1,500 per issue for ACM Members; $2,000 for nonmembers. Fee negotiable for organizations interested to sponsor more
than one issue.