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
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On Exhibit: Social Media & Museums
Well, hello! It’s been over a month since my last “daily” post (ha!), but I’ve been thinking about my dear ol’ Museum Minute often. It’s good to be back. Since I’m a bit rusty in the blogging department, I’m going to just give a little shout out to an event I’m participating in on May … Continue reading
Award-Winning Connections
It’s time for another post featuring an article from the Des Moines University Magazine! For my past posts, please see here and here. While my previous posts have focused on DMU’s book collection, today I want to highlight a very unique alum and his famous grandson. Originally published in the Spring 2010 issue, “An Early … Continue reading
Crashing a Trade Show
About a week and a half ago, my husband and I decided to take a stroll through the Des Moines Home and Garden Show. After all, we kept hearing about it on television and the radio (um, Ty Pennington was on all of the commercials, but I don’t think he actually made an appearance?) and … Continue reading
My Favorite Book
I’ve been writing this blog for about six weeks now and it’s occurred to me that I’ve barely mentioned my work in the Des Moines University Archives and Rare Book Room. I have a sneaky feeling that I’ve avoided it because I’ve been trying to get a departmental newsletter off the ground for ages, and … Continue reading
Archival Products at Archival Products
I recently had the opportunity to tour the offices at Archival Products, a local archival supply company. Per their website: Archival Products presents elegant solutions for preservation for colleges and universities, museums, historical societies, art and music libraries, medical schools and government offices as well as for the private conservator. The offices and warehouse were … Continue reading
Fishing Lessons (not really)
In addition to my many other jobs, I also teach preservation classes for the Des Moines Public Schools Community Education Program. I’ve been teaching a photo preservation class called “Saving Your Family Photos” for about a year and a half now, and will debut a paper and book preservation class this spring. (I believe registration … Continue reading
The Genius
A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I visited the Science Center of Iowa, in part to see their current “blockbuster” exhibit, Da Vinci: The Genius. As I mentioned in a previous post, we visited the Science Center a week before Da Vinci was scheduled to close, and the place was packed. Absolutely filled … Continue reading
Architecture: Des Moines Art Center
One of the pleasant surprises I had upon moving to Des Moines was discovering the lovely Des Moines Art Center. I’ve oohed and aahed over it previously (here too!), but today I would like to highlight it’s lovely architecture. For those of you who think Iowa is simply a giant field of corn with a … Continue reading
For All Ages
I’m a big fan of trying all sorts of interactive elements on exhibit–even those that are obviously geared toward the lil’ ones. At our recent visit to the Science Center of Iowa, we had a fun time exploring When Things Get Moving experience platform. This is their newest and dare I say, most popular (?) … Continue reading
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