Author: Hailey D. Robbins

Museum Job Roundup 10/06/2025

Museum Job Roundup 10/06/2025

Welcome to the Museum Studies Job Roundup! We do our best to collect the latest job openings and welcome submissions from the community. For more opportunities, we recommend the following databases: HireCulture – Jobs in the Humanities in Massachusetts Job HQ – American Association of Museums 

Museum Job Roundup (09/07/2025)

Museum Job Roundup (09/07/2025)

Welcome to the Museum Studies Job Roundup! We do our best to collect the latest job openings and welcome submissions from the community. For more opportunities, we recommend the following databases: HireCulture – Jobs in the Humanities in Massachusetts Job HQ – American Association of Museums 

Upcoming Events at the Medford Historical Society and Museum

Upcoming Events at the Medford Historical Society and Museum

In the Tufts Museum Studies Program, we frequently discuss the importance of supporting local museums. We are very lucky, in Medford, to have incredible places like the Medford Historical Society and Museum right down the street! The MHSM has some great events coming up. Take a look at their offerings below, and we hope you’ll join us in attending them!
 
SEPTEMBER 
Bill Monbouquette: One of a kind! A Red Sox and Medford Legend
Speaker: Herb Crehan, Boston Baseball Historian
Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., Medford Public Library 
 
The city of Medford and Medford High School have produced many great athletes over the years including track stars, hockey players, Olympians, and more. Bill “Monbo” Monbouquette, MHS (1955), and former Red Sox All-Star pitcher, is near to the top of that list. Monbo was inducted into the Mustang Hall of Fame, played soccer, hockey, and baseball in high school, the sport where he rose to the highest of professional achievements.
Register here.
 
OCTOBER
Emotional Turmoil Erupts on High Street! 
Speaker: Dee Morris, Historian
Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., Medford Public Library
 
Thatcher Magoun, Jr. (1808-1883) and his family enjoyed living in a splendid mansion overlooking the Mystic River. Although he inherited his father’s shipbuilding empire which brought him wealth as well as prestige, in 1876, his comfortable world was shattered. Learn about this intriguing Medford scandal that made the New York Times newspapers.
Register here.
 
“In Present Absence”
Performer: Bianca Broxton, Graduate of the School of Fine Arts at Tufts University and currently enrolled in the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., MHSM, 10 Governors Avenue, Medford
 
A performance piece by multidisciplinary artist, Bianca Broxton, remembering and paying tribute to Black women enslaved in Medford, with special attention to Belinda Sutton, held in bondage for fifty years in Medford at the Royall Estate. At a time of attack on DEI and restorative justice, it is especially important to commemorate and honor the courage of historical figures in Medford who showed unwavering resilience in a time of legal enslavement.
 
This will be a multimedia presentation within the exhibit currently on display in the Historical Society’s Museum at 10 Governors Avenue, “MIGRATION: The Ongoing American Revolution.”
 
FREE and open to the public.
Sunday, October 26, 2025
5:30-6:00 Performance
6:00-6:20 Reception
6:20-6:45 Conversation with the artist
 
NOVEMBER
Boston Massacre Trials: Blood in the Snow
Speaker: Hon. Dennis J. Curran, Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court (Ret.)
Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., Medford Public Library
 
Denounced as an act of unprovoked violence and villainy, this event is one of the most familiar incidents in American history, yet one of the least understood. The speaker will revisit this dramatic episode and the resulting trials, the competing narratives that molded public perceptions, and the unheralded courage of one lawyer and a future President – John Adams – tasked with the defense of the captain of British troops charged with murder.
 
November marks the 255th year commemoration of this historic event – and event that launched the American Revolution.
 
DECEMBER
MHSM Member Holiday Party, Presentation & Toy Drive
Holiday Traditions in Boston
Speaker: Anthony Sammarco, Historian & Author
Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., MHSM, 10 Governors Avenue, Medford
 
In 1659, the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony banned by law the celebration of Christmas as it was deemed to be a time of seasonal excess with no Biblical authority. Though repealed in 1681, it would not be until 1856 that Christmas Day became a state holiday in Massachusetts.
 
In his book on Christmas Traditions in Boston, Anthony Sammarco outlines the celebration (or lack thereof) of Christmas in the first two centuries after the city was settled in 1630. By the mid-19th century a German immigrant named Charles Follen introduced the Christmas tree to Boston, and shortly thereafter Louis Prang introduced his colorful Christmas cards, the first in Boston. Learn more about new and emerging Christmas traditions over the years.
Museum Job Roundup (08/21/25)

Museum Job Roundup (08/21/25)

Welcome to the Museum Studies Job Roundup! We do our best to collect the latest job openings and welcome submissions from the community. For more opportunities, we recommend the following databases: HireCulture – Jobs in the Humanities in Massachusetts Job HQ – American Association of Museums 

Museum Job Roundup (08/06/25)

Museum Job Roundup (08/06/25)

Welcome to the Museum Studies Job Roundup! We do our best to collect the latest job openings and welcome submissions from the community. For more opportunities, we recommend the following databases: HireCulture – Jobs in the Humanities in Massachusetts Job HQ – American Association of Museums 

Memos from the Museum World: Interpreting Early American History with Annaliese Arnsten and Hailey Robbins

Memos from the Museum World: Interpreting Early American History with Annaliese Arnsten and Hailey Robbins

Welcome to Memos from the Museum World, a series that highlights the wonderful work our Tufts students are doing as they complete the in-field practicum component of the Museum Studies Program. Each student has a unique practicum experience, and we are excited to share the impacts they are making on the field in their own words. Check back throughout the year for more practicum updates from the Class of 2026!

Annaliese Arnsten: Curatorial Intern, Lexington History Museums

What have you been up to as a part of your practicum?

I have been working with the curatorial staff on a variety of projects such as updating PastPerfect with object locations, helping with research requests, and contributing to temporary exhibitions. I will also be producing interpretive public history panels for the town’s local CVS at the conclusion of my internship.

What has been the most impactful moment during your Practicum experience?

The most memorable moment of my internship so far was the opening of the temporary exhibition In The Footsteps of the American Revolutionary War because it was a fantastic opportunity to see some of my contributions in a public capacity. It was lovely to mingle with the community and help the curatorial staff answer questions and provide more information on the objects and images being displayed.

What is something you’ve gained that you’d like to take with you into your future career?

This internship opportunity has provided me with the skills to handle, research, and display objects in a closer way that I had previously gotten to experience. The Lexington History Museums team, especially Curator Jesse Hilton, has been invaluable to my experience this summer, and I look forward to bringing this knowledge with me into my future career in the museum field.

Hailey Robbins: Edward W. Pell Graduate Exhibits Fellow, Fort Ticonderoga

What have you been up to as a part of your practicum?

I am working at Fort Ticonderoga, a French and Indian War and Revolutionary War fort that tells stories of early America, this summer as the Edward W. Pell Graduate Exhibits Fellow. The fellowship program is an immersive ten-week residential cohort program designed to get fellows acquainted with all facets of work at a museum and historic site. My project, alongside Exhibit Designer and Fabricator TJ Mullen, is to re-imagine the “Iron and Stone: Building Carillon” exhibit. The exhibit, which describes the fort’s construction (Carillon was the French name for the fort), is about ten years old and is ready for a refresh. To this point, I have researched fort construction techniques broadly, as well as the ones used at Ticonderoga, worked with Curator Dr. Matt Keagle on writing and editing label copy, created a design scheme, and designed exhibit graphics. This week, TJ and I started the physical fabrication part of the project, including patching, sanding, priming, and painting the walls. There is quite a bit more work to be done in the next three weeks to get the exhibit finished, but I am excited to experience more of the exhibits process.

What has been the most impactful moment during your practicum experience?

I think the most impactful moment of my practicum experience so far has been cooking over an open fire as a part of the living history program with another living historian. While I have done living history before, this was the first time it felt natural. It was a hot day, and I was sweating. Between the butter I had churned, the steak I had seasoned, and the vegetables I had chopped, I was a mess. The previous weekend when I had done living history, I had been so eager to get home and shower. But on this day, I had a moment where I realized I didn’t care that I was in such a state! I was more concerned with working as a team with the other historian to make delicious and fulfilling food that the living history staff could enjoy for our midday meal than I was about the mess or my appearance. It felt like I had a sort of lightbulb moment where I realized I actually was living the history. The desire for nourishment and to complete my daily task in the little ecosystem of the fort pushed aside any sort of discomfort I felt. In that moment, I felt incredibly connected to the people of the 18th century, often women, who tended to the fire and made sure the people around them were fed. It was an unexpected, but very meaningful moment where I connected with history in a way I hadn’t before!

What is something you’ve gained that you’d like to take with you into your future career?

An understanding of the importance of taking every opportunity to experience or learn something new! Though living history is not a part of my job description, I have been volunteering on the weekends and have really connected with the history here in a new way. I don’t think I would feel as connected to and excited about the history here without having taken that chance, and I want to remind myself to do the same in other settings once the fellowship is done.

Hailey creates mechanical drawings of exhibit layouts at Fort Ticonderoga. Photo Credit: Miranda Peters.