LAyouth explains “Why Museums Suck.”
Howard, a 15-year-old, self-described museum-hater, reviews 5 Los Angeles area museums. Definitely worth a read and, if you look in the comments section, you can see that a lot of museum folks have been reading! http://www.layouth.com/why-museums-suck/
Global, local, and the visitor we can’t see.
This weekend, the Tufts Museum Studies blog will be joining the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Leaders in a global discussion. This 5-day conference brings together 50 young leaders from across the arts (dance, theater, and museum) to meet with experts. Three of the questions on the table have been sent out for bloggers in the field [...]
Guest blog: The Role of Arts Organizations in Civil Society
This weekend, the Tufts Museum Studies blog will be joining the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Leaders in a global discussion. This 5-day conference brings together 50 young leaders from across the arts (dance, theater, and museum) to meet with experts. Three of the questions on the table have been sent out for bloggers in the [...]
For a bit of levity…
The New Yorker Wades into “Curator” Confusion
Museums in the News
Unmissable story this week: The theft of 7 major works from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam including a Gauguin, Matisse, Freud, Monet and a Picasso! Read the NYT article here, or search for others to follow the case! And then, we’re back to our weekly round-up of our favorite things that were said about museums [...]
Weekly Jobs Round-up!
Welcome to our weekly roundup of new jobs. As always, they go up immediately on their own page. Happy hunting! Education Manager, Digital Media & Online Learning [Guggenheim Museum] The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is seeking an Education Manager, Digital Media & Online Learning. As a member of the Education Department, and in collaboration with the Guggenheim [...]
Free Conference on Museum Education and Community Partnerships
Don’t miss this great workshop from the Greater Boston Museum Educators’ Roundtable. Their events are now free and open to all, so find them on Facebook and keep an eye out. Attached is a flyer about their first workshop on Monday December 10th at 9:30 at the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club to discuss “Building Community [...]
Museums in the News
Here’s our weekly round-up of our favorite things that were said about museums this week: the good, the bad, and the really quite strange! Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Historic L.A. Move Documented for Film Met Museum Makes Hundreds of Catalogues Available Online For Free A wee bit scandalous! THE BEATLES’ PENISES DEFACED AT MUSEUM OF LIVERPOOL Hampden [...]
Get published! “Collecting the Contemporary” Call for papers
COLLECTING THE CONTEMPORARY Edited by Owain Rhys and Zelda Baveystock We invite international submissions to be included in this forthcoming book, to be published by MuseumsEtc in 2013. The book will be edited by Owain Rhys, Curator of Contemporary Life at St Fagans: National History Museum, Wales and Zelda Baveystock, Teaching Associate at Newcastle [...]
Weekly Jobs Round-up!
Welcome to our weekly roundup of new jobs. As always, they go up immediately on their own page. Happy hunting! Museum Assistant [Old South Meeting House] Description: The Old South Meeting House, a non-profit museum, historic site and active meeting place in the heart of downtown Boston, seeks dependable and personable individuals to work with the [...]