Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

children's Museum of Pittsburgh (CMP), in partnership with the New York Hall of Science, will conduct a research study of family participation in museum-based “makerspaces,” places where people can create in a shared physical environment. The museums will work with academic researchers to design tools that recognize and measure productive patterns of family participation and their associated learning outcomes in these spaces. Museum-affiliated “maker faires” will serve as additional sites for investigating the range of museum-based making experiences for families. Results will benefit other family-oriented museums looking to provide space in which families can create together.