Mobile museum

USS LST-325 as a mobile museum in La Crosse, Wisconsin

A mobile museum is a museum educational outreach program that bring the museum to the people rather than vice versa.[1] Typically they can be in Recreational Vehicles (RVs) or trucks/trailers that drive to schools, libraries and rural events. Their business model is to use grant or donor support, as they goal is to make the museum exhibit accessible to underserved populations.[2] Below are some examples of mobile museums.

  1. ^ "Bring the Museum to you!". California, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. ^ 'Mobile museums (on a truck): History and science delivered', IDEA.org, 27 April 2011.