Exhibit opening next Monday!
Don’t forget: The Wonder Smith: Children’s Book Illustrations of Boris Artzybasheff opens with a public reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. next Monday, May 6. This exhibition includes over 40 black and white works from the Boston Public Library’s John D. Merriam Collection. Through them, visitors can explore the artist’s creative and technical genius. Many are accompanied [...]
Quick – save the Marathon Bombing objects!
Rainey Tisdale, one of our own professors here at Tufts, has been agitating for a museum to step up to collect the objects relating to the Boston Marathon bombing before they disappear. Listen to her in this interview on WBUR, which aired this morning: http://www.wbur.org/2013/04/23/saving-marathon-memorial-items.
How Museums Respond
by editor Phillippa Pitts Museums talk a lot about being members of their communities, meeting niche needs and providing unique third spaces. Today, some of the museums in Boston stepped up beautifully. Below is just a rough screen capture snapshot of how our community responded to the Marathon Monday bombings. Starting with the Boston Children’s [...]
Save the Date for the “The Wonder Smith”
Explore the children’s book illustrations of Boris Artzybasheff as curated by students from the Tufts University Museum Studies Program. On view from May 6-19, 2013, this is the first solo exhibition of Artzbasheff’s folk-inspired and whimsical illustrations. The exhibition showcases over 40 black-and-white works—many accompanied by excerpts from the fanciful stories they depict—that convey the creative [...]
Guest Post: Historic Houses as Holiday Rentals
by professor Kenneth C. Turino Using historic houses as holiday rentals is nothing new in Europe. The National Trust of Britain, the Landmark Trust of Britain, and English Heritage among others rent historic properties from cottages to portions of castles. Here in the United States the idea has been slow to develop, but this is [...]
Events next week!
Here’s just a small sample of the events happening next week. Mark your calendars! Thursday, January 17 Boston EMP (Emerging Museum Professional) Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m. at the Liberty Hotel. PS: They’re looking for new leaders and volunteers, so this is a great opportunity to find out more. Gardner After-Hours featuring “Midwinter Tropics”: sample sangria, [...]
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 [...]
American & New England Studies Material Culture Series at Boston University
A terrific-sounding series, relayed to us by Museum Studies certificate alum Gretchen Pineo, who’s doing an MA in Historic Preservation at BU right now. The American and New England Studies Program Announce Their 2012 Conversation Series: MATERIAL CULTURE Please Join Us For the First Meeting Dale Broholm, Senior Critic of Furniture Design & Daniel Cavicchi, Associate Professor [...]
“Critical Conversations: The State of History in the National Park Service”
Great event, free to the public. Check it out, and if you go, write us a recap for the blog! The report they’re talking about can be found here. “Critical Conversations: The State of History in the National Park Service” In 2012, the Organization of American Historians released a report critically examining the state of [...]