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by columnist Kacie Rice “Why museums?” It’s a question that haunts the museum world – whether it’s, “Why do you work in a museum?”, “Why should we bring our students on a museum field trip?”, “Why do we need museums?”, or the big one, “Why …
Here’s our weekly roundup of new jobs. As always, they go up immediately on their own page. Happy hunting! But first, we have a few fellowships to announce: Philip Jones Fellowship for the Study of Ephemera [Ephemera Society of America] Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows [Jewish Museum] Kluge …
by columnist Catherine Sigmond
Finally, Google has brought its widely acclaimed Art Project to science museums… sort of.
Lately, I’ve been indulging my penchant for travel by exploring the world through Google Street View (did you know you can tour the Galapagos?!).
So when I read about how Google Street View had recently released a virtual tour of the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto I was pretty intrigued.
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by columnist Madeline Karp There is a trend here in Philadelphia that I think you should know about. It’s called “Boy-lesque” and it combines burlesque dancing – an artistically-minded nude show – with boys. You could call it male stripping…but that’s not exactly accurate. It’s …
by Cira Louise Brown Over the past few months, I have been working to develop an exhibition catalog from an exhibit currently on display. The exhibition explores the topic of time from various cultural, scientific and mechanical standpoints, and uses artifacts from a variety of …