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There has been a global push since the 1990s to destigmatize sex workers. Even though there is much art generated for and by sex workers in China, there is no museum dedicated to them, and there is only a limited amount of research on their art. In order to fill this research vacuum, this article explores sex workers' art museums and Chinese sex workers' art through an integrated lens. It draws on an interdisciplinary study of social justice education in art, museum studies, sex work movement materials, and the art history of sex workers in China. Because there is no case study in China to refer to, this project uses the Dumas Brothel, an art museum in the United States where sex work is not legal as it is in China. The goal is to present the lives and stories of actual sex workers in the agency of an art museum while avoiding the overgeneralization of sex workers. This article identifies the potential role of Chinese sex workers' museums in destigmatizing sex workers in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although the number of art museums in China has increased significantly in recent years, art museum educators find it difficult to create relevant, relatable, and engaging learning experiences for children in different contexts of art museums. I conducted this qualitative, comparative case study in Shanghai, China, examining how two different art museums, one contemporary art-based, and another one traditional Chinese art-based, conceptualize museum education for children. The research data included face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with museum educators and a content analysis of documents gathered from the museums' websites. Using the frameworks for the contextual model of learning and constructivism theory in museum learning, I compared and contrasted the two art museums educational approaches in creating connections between educational programming and children's learning. I found that both art museums were able to connect programming to children with their current exhibitions, but using two different approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]