Leslie Bedford

Education and honors

• Vassar College, Bachelor of Arts in History, magna cum laude, 1962-1966.
• Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Master of Arts in Teaching, 1967-1969.
• Senior Fulbright Research Fellow, Japan, 1986-1987.
• Museum Management Institute, 1993.
• Union Institute and University, PhD in Museum Studies, 2004-2008.
• Senior Fulbright Research Fellow, Argentina, 2010.
• Residential Fellow, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2015.

  Awards

• Bank Street College of Education Alumni Award Ida Karp Award, 2013

  Publications

Books

• Bedford, Leslie. "Cultural Learning: Two Models" in Boston Stories: The Children's Museum as a Model for Nonprofit Leadership. Boston, Massachusetts, 2013. 191-201.
• Bedford, Leslie. The Art of Museum Exhibitions: How Story and Imagination Create Aesthetic Experiences. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2014.

  Journals

• Bedford, Leslie. "Finding Common Ground." Curator: The Museum Journal 38, no. 1 : 14-30.
• Bedford, Leslie. “Storytelling: The Real Work of Museums.” Curator: The Museum Journal 44, no. 1 : 27–34.
• Bedford, Leslie. "La Orilla del Encanto: The Edge of Enchantment: Santo Domingo Cultural Center Oaxaca, Mexico." Curator: The Museum Journal 46, no. 4 : 433-438.
• Bedford, Leslie. "Lost Cases, Recovered Lives: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic: The New York State Museum at Albany." Curator: The Museum Journal 48, no. 2 : 213-220.
• D. Lynn McRainey, Leslie Bedford, Daniel Spock and Andrew Anway. "Imagining the Possibilities." Exhibitionist : 40-52.
• Bedford, Leslie. "A Conversation about Educational Leadership in Museums." The Journal of Museum Education 34, no. 2 : 139-47.
• Bedford, Leslie. “Musing about Museums and Time.” Curator: The Museum Journal 55, no.4 : 393-400.

  Other

• Bedford, Leslie. “Working In The Subjunctive Mood: Imagination And Museums.” PhD diss. Union Institute and University, 2004.