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Abstract enIn this study, it is aimed to reveal the practicability of using museums for educational purposes within the concept of postmodern art education. The study analyses visual culture which come to prominence in the newest researches on postmodern art and education studies. In this study, present a theoretical analaysis of the conception of the most topical discourses. This study is necessary in order to propound the functionality of visual culture approach at museums instead of traditional art education; and it creates the problem of the study. The main goal of this study is to determine how the concept of visual culture is handled at museums within the context of postmodernism and to discuss museums within visual culture and art education. It is in a survey model structured by using qualitative research method and techniques. In this respect, both postmodern art education approach and museum education are studied within the limitations of such a study. The shift of art education researches in the recent decade is evident, varying and dynamic, starting with interest social aspects, multicultural education, manifestation of the media arts, new technologies and  finally passing on to the development of visual culture, which expands the limits of the traditional understanding of art education. In the study, there are views on the fact that visual culture approach which is considered within postmodern art education should be handled at museums. In this regard, there are determinations about activating museums in art education and how to include visual culture in educational studies of museums. Keywords: art, art education, postmodernism, visual culture, museum

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