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 →

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What Happened in Museums This Week? June 22 – 28

Afghanistan Museum, Devastated by Civil War, Taliban, on the Mend but Long Road Ahead Looters stole tens of thousands of artifacts from the National Museum of Afghanistan during the country’s civil war in the 1990s, and then thousands more were destroyed by the Taliban when they took power. Now the museum is slowly coming back … Continue reading →

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What Happened in Museums This Week? April 20 – 26

ABBA Museum World’s First ABBA Museum Ready to Open Fans of the legendary Swedish disco group ABBA can hardly wait: in just a few weeks, Stockholm will open the doors to the world’s first museum dedicated to the iconic foursome. After ABBA The Movie in 1977, the Mamma Mia musical and movie, and a 2010 travelling museum exhibit, the world’s first … Continue reading →

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Meet a Museum Blogger: Gretchen Jennings

Gretchen Jennings is a museum administrator, educator, and exhibition project director. Her B.A. and M.A. are in History from, respectively, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana and Concordia University, Montreal. From 2005 to 2007 she served as Director of Education for Interpretation and Visitor Experience at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She has … Continue reading →

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Are “Demographic-Based” Museums A Sign That Museums Aren’t All Inclusive?

A few weeks ago Meryl Streep did something awesome. She donated her salary from The Iron Lady to the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM). She also won a Golden Globe – which is also awesome – but not the focus here. Not only did she donate her salary, when asked to appear on the cover … Continue reading →

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