Robert Connolly is an educator/museum director/anthropologist/community activist and advocate, a combination that he enjoys immensely. Specifically, he is the Director of the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. and teaches in the Anthropology Department at the University of Memphis, where he is also on the Advisory Board for the Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies. … Continue reading
Academy Museum Gets $5-Million Gifts from Gale Anne Hurd, 2 Others The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is quickly filling its coffers for its museum project. Today, the organization announced three naming gifts, of $5-million each. To read more, click here. Christie’s Under Fire for Visit to Detroit Art Museum Art critics and … Continue reading
Russell Dornan, Museum Blogger, wants to create a free online museum glossary. Today he has invited the online museum community (you!) to share any or all museum terms you think should be included (feel free to link to any good definitions or sources). To see the list of Museum Glossary terms thus far, check out … Continue reading
Yes, it’s true. There is no Meet a Museum Blogger profile this week. However, that will change next week – there are several profile questionnaires out to some pretty stellar bloggers that I can’t wait to introduce you to. My goal is for Museum Minute to be a blog full of resources: links to other … Continue reading
Chinese Museum Closes After Writer Claims Most of its 40,000 Relics are Fake A Chinese museum is shutting up shop over claims that most of its 40,000 relics are all fake. The Jibaozhai Museum, in Jizhou, closed Tuesday after a prominent writer revealed inconsistencies with what were supposed to be its unique cultural gems. To … Continue reading
This is not a paid endorsement for The SyFy Channel. In fact, I understand that SyFy isn’t for everyone – just like C-SPAN and Powerblock TV isn’t for everyone. I’m a sucker for SyFy movies. As someone who lives and breathes history, which I find incredibly exciting (and at times exhilarating), the thing about history is … Continue reading
the museum goer is new to the museum bloggersphere but not to the museum world. Having worked on a number of curatorial projects and gained a Masters in Curating, the museum goer now works freelance, focusing on more selective projects and on the newly launched blog. Do you work in a museum? If not, where do … Continue reading
10 Museum Re-Openings and Expansions to Watch Go big or go home seems to be the motto in museums today. Since the dawn of the blockbuster exhibitions of the 1980s museums have been actively competing for your entertainment dollars. They know that they must enhance your viewing experience or suffer the consequences. They are also … Continue reading
Do you plan on attending this year’s American Association for State and Local History Annual Meeting September 18 – 21, in Birmingham, Alabama? This year’s conference, in partnership with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, is sure to be informative, enlightening, and inspiring. The theme? Turning Points: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Change. Fifty years after … Continue reading
Ed Rodley is the Associate Director of Integrated Media at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, MA, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Museum Computer Network (MCN). At PEM, he manages a wide range of media projects, with an emphasis on temporary exhibitions and the reinterpretation and reinstallation of PEM’s … Continue reading
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