Month: July 2013

Summer Reading, Anyone?

Summer Reading, Anyone?

With summer classes at Tufts kicking off this week, we thought we’d offer a few suggestions for those of us who aren’t in class to keep up the good work. (Of course, our reading is all beach-worthy!) This week’s recommendation is from Program Director, Cynthia Robinson: 

Science in Museums: Rethinking Accessibility: Don’t Leave English Language Learners Behind

Science in Museums: Rethinking Accessibility: Don’t Leave English Language Learners Behind

By columnist Catherine Sigmond Let’s face it. English has become the global language, the lingua franca that links us all together. It’s also increasingly being recognized as the international language of science. For non-native English speakers, the necessity of being able to read, speak, and 

Free Workshop? On Grant Writing? Yes, please!

Free Workshop? On Grant Writing? Yes, please!

One week from today, the Boston EMPs will be hosting a free grant writing workshop with Christine Cunningham, Ph.D., the founder and director of the Museum of Science’s Engineering is Elementary program.

The EMPs are a fantastic group to get to know, so RSVP to BostonEMPs[at]gmail.com to save a spot.

The workshop will be held at 7pm on Wednesday, July 17 at the USS Constitution Museum (Charlestown Navy Yard Building 22 Boston, MA 02129 for your GPS needs.)

Museums in the News

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! Museum Curator Resigns Amid Turf War Over Art Stalin Banned Honda’s robot museum guide not yet a people person Museum of 

Dispatches from the Mid-Atlantic: Loosen Up My Buttons, Babe

Dispatches from the Mid-Atlantic: Loosen Up My Buttons, Babe

by columnist Madeline Karp I like to think I came of age in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. During my sophomore and junior years of high school, I spent countless hours wandering the halls of the Met on school field trips. I was typically the