by columnist Madeline Karp You may have read this week that CNN Travel’s senior producer James Durston hates museums. If, like me, you work in a museum, Durston’s opinion piece may have really grilled your cheese. I’ll be the first to admit, I had steam …
by editor Phillippa Pitts Games have been on my mind a lot this week. I know a lot of people who spend their incredible brainpower building games for museums, like Kellian Adams Pletcher with Murder at the Met, or Susan Edward with the Getty’s Switch (which I admire …
by columnist Madeline Karp
My family and I saw Lee Daniel’s The Butler last weekend. It sparked a family conversation about change over time. The main question: Can individuals – and then, by association, institutions – change? And what does it really take to implement that change?
We all had differing opinions.
People can change, my sister posited. Given enough evidence, smart people almost always will change their opinions to support the “right” side of things.
People change superficially, my parents submitted. One can intellectually change a position, but emotions are deep-seated, and the way one really feels about things – deep down on the inside – is usually pretty unwavering.
I think I was perhaps the most radical. Continue reading Dispatches from the Mid-Atlantic: Change is Gonna Come
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! First, what do you think? Should Scotland Yard open its grisly murder museum to the public? Read the article and share your …
by columnist Kacie Rice My summer internship in Washington, D.C., has given me a great opportunity to explore a lot of new (to me) museums. This weekend, I checked out the National Building Museum, established by Act of Congress in 1980 and located in the …
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!
But first, if you’re still in the Boston area, don’t forget to check out our newest and tiniest Museum located right in Union Square.