The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,300 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. Click here to … Continue reading
Author Archives: Lindsey
Visible Storage: Living the Dream
Oh, wow. When I worked at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, we talked about a lovely dream – to have a beautiful, state-of-the-art open storage facility. See, MSI’s collection is lovely, but the institution’s mission and vision have changed dramatically since most of the collection was acquired, which leaves a small amount … Continue reading
“Dead Moines”* Takes Brooklyn
Well look who comes crawling back to Museum Minute …me! I read somewhere that when a blog is silent, life is noisy. Or, something like that. Anyhow, it’s been a busy few months and I wanted to write, I just, well, didn’t. Please forgive me! But anyway, something fun happened over Thanksgiving weekend that I … Continue reading
The City “Museum”
The view from the top – at the City Museum. This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit a good friend in St. Louis. It was our annual “girls’ weekend” and our hostess suggested we visit the City Museum. She also suggested we wear pants and sneakers, dress comfortably, and leave our purses in … Continue reading
Save that Dress!
What?!? Do you have a wedding dress just “hanging around” your home or museum collection? Well today’s post is for you. Today’s Museum Minute, written by my dear friend and colleague, Steven Rosengard, is all about wedding dress preservation. Take it away, Steve! Calling all Brides! Many of you may have gone through the trouble … Continue reading
New Favorite Thing: Workflowy!
Workflowy? What on earth is that? Sounds funny, doesn’t it? That’s exactly what I thought when my husband showed me a promotional video for Workflowy, a new, free, online way to (and I quote) “Organize Your Brain”. Workflowy allows you to create a list–a giant list–of everything you can possibly think of. It allows you … Continue reading
Call for Presentations!
Today’s bonus post is a call for papers from my alma mater. We encourage the entire museum community to attend the conference, as it’s not just for EIU folks! I’m hoping to attend, as it’ll be my 10 year reunion of sorts, although I live in Iowa and am presenting a photo preservation workshop for … Continue reading
An Il-LUMA-nating Experience
Har-dee-har-har. Really, an Il-LUMA-nating experience? Just stop. I’m sure the post title has been used to death but to be perfectly honest, my recent trip to LUMA — the Loyola University Museum of Art in Chicago — was an illuminating experience! The museum is currently celebrating their fifth anniversary but I’m mostly familiar with them … Continue reading
Announcing Our Team!
Museum Minute is about to get a lot more exciting — there are now three of us on the Museum Minute Team. We’re planning to post 3+ posts each week and hopefully our diverse experiences will lead to some really neat entries. I wanted to officially introduce our wonderful new contributors–be prepared to see posts … Continue reading
Preserving Boxes
Ah, boxes. If you’re a collector of something that comes in a box, then you know that preserving the box can be a key part of retaining the item’s value. Museum folks preserve boxes because, well, if an item finds itself in the collection, it needs to be preserved.* And still, other people wish to … Continue reading
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