Author: Amanda Gustin

Museums in the News

Museums in the News

Welcome to our weekly roundup of news articles about museums. Sheriff partners with children’s museum to build Safetyville Private museums in Shanghai forced to close, seek new homes IBM Building Smarter System for Louvre Museum Medicine, Museums and Spoons Full of Sugar The List #0060: 

Upcoming Emergency Preparedness Summit

Upcoming Emergency Preparedness Summit

Something about the idea of emergency preparedness appeals to the obsessively organized part of me. Do you feel the same? If so, you might want to check out this upcoming meeting. New England Regional Summit Emergency Preparedness for Cultural Institutions COSTEP MA is pleased to 

Event @ Tufts Art Gallery

Event @ Tufts Art Gallery

It’s right at Tufts – no excuse for not checking this great event out!

On Sunday, March 11, at 3pm, the Tufts Art Gallery is organizing a walkthrough of Nancy Holt: Sightlines with Contemporary Art Historian and Museum Director Chris McAuliffe. The one-hour tour will be followed by a small reception in the Remis Sculpture Court.

Survey on Contemporary Objects in History Museums

Survey on Contemporary Objects in History Museums

Please take a few minutes to help a fellow museum studies student out. Leslie Howard, who’s completing an MA in Museum Studies from Harvard and is NEMA’s Membership Manager, is writing her thesis on collecting contemporary objects. Do you have an opinion on whether museums 

Tufts Museum Studies Open House

Tufts Museum Studies Open House

If you are interested in the Tufts Museum Studies graduate program, make sure to attend the open house coming up this Wednesday, March 7 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. It promises to be a fun, informative talk, and I’m not just saying that because I’m 

Museums in the News

Museums in the News

Welcome to our weekly roundup of news articles about museums.

Army history museum shows off remodel

Celebrating 10 years with 6 Museum School Instructors

Grimshaw Breaks Ground on the Miami Science Museum Which Will Be Its Own Living Exhibit

Bellevue’s Museum of Doll Art shuts for good on Thursday

Syfy Bringing ‘Igniters’ Campaign to the Museum of Natural History

Debt-ridden US National Slavery Museum to present reorganization plan in Virginia courtroom

Museum urges Frederick, Md., merchants to use Civil War ties to draw tourist business

House of the Day: Museum-Turned-Mansion in Savannah

Wang Shu’s Powerful Ningbo History Museum is Made of Rubble

London 2012: Olympics museum plans unveiled

Turkey Bans Loans to Museums in New York and London

Museum loses tax break A taxing situation for museum