Weekly Jobs Listing
Here’s our listing of all the jobs posted this week – quite a few as I play catch-up. As always, jobs are kept current on their own announcements page. Adult Programs Manager [Brooklyn Museum]BROOKLYN MUSEUM POSITION Description: Adult Programs Manager DEPARTMENT: Education Division, Brooklyn Museum RESPONSIBILITIES: The manager of Adult Programs develops and implements creative [...]
Cleanup Day at Chesterwood
I can’t be the only person who thinks this sounds like a ton of fun, right? If anyone is interested in going, comment here or email me and I’ll coordinate rides. Volunteers Needed! Please join us for a Volunteer Clean Up Day at Chesterwood in Stockbridge, MA on Saturday, May 21st , 2011 from 9:30 [...]
Celebrate the Royal Wedding at the Spellman Museum
The Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History in Weston, Massachusetts is celebrating the royal wedding with a special exhibit of stamps commemorating British royal weddings. The museum will also be toasting the royal couple on their wedding day, April 29, with sparkling grape juice and free British stamps for all young visitors. The exhibit [...]
Upcoming NEMA Workshops
Direct from NEMA and hot off the presses: NEMA’s Professional Affinity Groups provide you with timely, valuable workshops that address the challenges you face. Take charge of your professional development and join your New England colleagues at one of NEMA’s upcoming workshops or networking events. Register today as space is limited. Workshops are open to [...]
Exhibit Opening: Capturing Community
The exhibit opening for Capturing Community: Farming, Fishing, and Canning in New England is just two weeks from today! So the answer to the question, hm, I wonder what I’m doing on Tuesday, May 10, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. is “I’ll be at the Tufts University Art Gallery, eating good food, listening to a [...]
The Pitfalls of Non-Profit Accounting
So sorry for going dark for a little while – it’s been an eventful few weeks for your industrious blogger. We’ll be back to regular posting this week. As always, if you have any suggestions for posts or would like to contribute by guest posting, please email me: amanda.gustin[at]tufts[dot]edu. If you’ve seen the news lately, [...]
Free Webinar from NEDCC: Risk Assessment for Disaster Planning
NEDCC (that’s the New England Document Conservation Center) is celebrating May Day and Preservation Week by offering a great free webinar about risk assessment and disaster planning. Here’s what they say about it: NEDCC is offering a free introductory webinar on Risk Assessment for those who are beginning to work on a disaster plan or [...]
Save the Date – Opening Reception for “Capturing Community”
Save the Date: Opening Reception of Capturing Community: Farming, Fishing, and Canning in New England Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center Tuesday, May 10, 5:30 – 8:00 pm, and with a gallery talk by Markham Starr at 6 pm Black-and-white photographs by Starr document dairy farming in Connecticut, trap fishing off the coast of [...]
Where is Spring?
Today, I have the pleasure of introducing another new voice to the blog. Maryam Keramaty is finishing up her certificate in museum studies this spring. Her post captures what all of New England feels about this time of year – where is spring? Maryam journeyed to the Museum of Fine Arts in hopes of an [...]
Museums in the News – The April Showers Roundup
Welcome to our weekly museums in the news roundup! Maine museum to get newly discovered 1840s murals (Rufus Porter Museum and Cultural Heritage Center, Brigton, Maine) 9/11 families don’t want remains underground at 9/11 museum (National 9/11 Memorial and Museum, New York, New York) Mississippi lawmakers approve new civil rights museum (proposed museum, Jackson, Mississippi) [...]