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
Alli Burness is a museum pilgrim. She was a Registrar and Museum Studies Masters student based in Sydney, Australia, until January this year when she packed up and began traveling the world. Alli has focused on back-of-house, working with collections at the Powerhouse Museum, National Archives of Australia and Australian National Maritime Museum. She began … Continue reading
At the age of fourteen, Kiron Mukherjee got his first job at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Ten years and 12 different positions later, he’s still there, coordinating the museum’s family and children’s programming. He has a keen interest in emerging technologies, promotional marketing and providing engaging and educational children’s programming with equitable access for all. … … Continue reading
Caroline Posynick is an extroverted collections manager in Victoria, BC, Canada, who loves to preserve museum and archival collections just as much as she loves to share what she ‘discovers’ in their holdings. Caroline went into this career to be one who works directly with objects and materials but she now finds that it is using … Continue reading
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
The Pew Internet & American Life Project recently conducted a survey of 1,258 arts organizations (1,155 completed the entire survey) that received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the years 2007-2011 regarding the role of digital technologies within their organizations. For a brief introduction to the study and findings watch the video below. The report is divided into the following … Continue reading
On Sunday, October 7, I was traveling back to Columbus, Ohio from Salt Lake City, Utah. After an announcement that my flight from Dallas to Columbus had been delayed for a second time; I put my travel book away (which wasn’t that interesting anyway – I haven’t picked it up once since I’ve been back) … Continue reading
UPDATE: Today is the last day to sign up for Ask a Curator Day. To participate send an email to info@askacurator.com. Is your institution participating in Ask a Curator Day? More importantly, do you know what Ask a Curator Day is? On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 (as in two days from now) curators from around the world will be … Continue reading
When I meet people outside of the museum field and they find out I work at a museum the general response is: “Oh, you’re a history nerd, huh?” I smile, nod and the conversation continues. There’s nothing wrong with being a history nerd (history nerds provide my livelihood), and I take pride in that part of … Continue reading
Last week you voted on my new Twitter handle (it’s @MuseumMinute, btw). This week has been pretty hectic, personally and professionally, as I prepare for my move to another city. This is my first blog post for the week and my tweets have been few. In all of the crazy, I did happen to catch the … Continue reading
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