$100 Million Art Collection Donated To Colby College Museum Of Art Until recently, the art in the new Lunder-Alfond Family Pavilion was the private collection of Maine couple Peter and Paula Lunder. And now they have gifted all of it—more than 500 objects valued at more than $100 million—to Colby. “The dream was always that … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Like Your Favorite AAM Session Proposals
The time has come to start reviewing session proposals submitted for the American Alliance of Museums 2014 Annual Meeting in Seattle (May 18-21, 2014). This means that now through Monday, September 9, if you are a member of AAM, YOU have the opportunity to review all submitted sessions and “like” your favorites. Membership and login … Continue reading
Meet a Museum Blogger: Dana Allen-Greil
Dana Allen-Greil is a geek on a mission. She specializes in leveraging technology to help museums and other nonprofits engage constituents, demonstrate value, and stay relevant. She never thought she’d know so much about coins, polio, and the flag that inspired the national anthem, or thought she’d get to work in the same building as a 920-pound Calder … Continue reading
What Happened in Museums This Week? August 17 – 23
Ai Weiwei Exhibit Shines Light On Time As Political Prisoner Chinese dissident artist and architect Ai Weiwei is an outspoken critic of China’s record on human rights. This year, Beijing prevented him from traveling to Venice for the first exhibition of a deeply autobiographical work. His most recent installation is an excruciatingly detailed depiction of … Continue reading
CNN Travel Stirs the Thousand-Year-Old “Boring” Clay Pot
Museum Blogger Mar Dixon was the first person on Twitter to introduce me to James Durston’s opinion piece, “Why I hate museums,” on CNN Travel. I read it once. Then I read it again. My immediate reaction was, “WT…” Fill in the blank (there are several letters that would fit the bill). I then forwarded … Continue reading
Meet a Museum Blogger: La Fée Culturelle
La Fée Culturelle’s family is from Cambodia. She was born in France and now lives in London. Friends often ask her which exhibitions or museums they should see and she thought the best place to offer her view would be in an art blog… and here we are! An art blog by a non-art professional … Continue reading
What Happened in Museums This Week? August 10 – 16
Air Museum Gets Extension on Buying Part of Bomber Plant The Yankee Air Museum received very good news Wednesday — an extension on the purchase of the former Willow Run Bomber Plant. The museum will have an extra two months to raise the money it needs to buy 175,000 square feet of the bomber plant, … Continue reading
SHA a “Formative Program”
Originally posted on History Leadership Institute:
Part of my job is to follow the trends happening in the field of history organizations. For the most part I get this information from blogs I follow, Twitter or LinkedIn, or just folks sending me an email. (In the case of this article, “Selling history: Museums, sites find…
Meet a Museum Blogger: Lauren Field
Lauren Field began working in museums via education, teaching History sessions relating to the Great Fire of London and The Victorians – she was often dressed up and in role. However, Lauren has always wanted to work in collections – she is naturally a collector and organiser. If she didn’t work in a museum, Lauren … Continue reading
A Stolen Masterpiece: My Great Grandmother’s Bracelet
You may have noticed that Museum Minute was a few posts short last week. While it’s true I was on vacation with my family, I had every intention of compiling my weekly What Happened in Museums This Week post on Friday until I received a phone call no one wants to receive on vacation – My apartment … Continue reading
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