A little over a month ago, I posted some of my own reactions to participating in the Slave Dwelling Project’s overnight at the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford. Accuracy vs. Authenticity in Slave Quarters — Reflections and A Call To Action Now, as …
Afternoon Tea with the Boston EMPs! Join the Boston EMPs (Emerging Museum Professionals) for a spot of tea on Saturday, December 6th at 2:00 PM. Hosted at Abigail’s Tea Room in the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, this friendly get to together is the …
The Visitor Studies Association (VSA) is looking ahead to its July 2016 conference in Boston and sending a special invitation to area Museum Studies students to get involved in the association. Marta Byer of the VSA (and the Museum of Science, Boston) says “We’d love to meet your students and show them how VSA can help them as a professional resource in the informal learning field even before the conference comes to town.”
Join the Visitor Studies Association!
What is VSA?
The Visitor Studies Association (VSA) is a membership organization dedicated to understanding
and enhancing learning experiences in informal settings through research, evaluation, and
dialogue.
VSA offers an array of services designed to foster evidence-based practice, including an annual
conference, professional development workshops, and the peer-reviewed journal Visitor
Studies. Through these and other activities, VSA helps researchers, practitioners, policy-
makers, organizational leaders, and funders advance the field of informal learning.
How can VSA help Museum Studies students?
By participating in VSA, you can
– Learn and share information about improving informal learning experiences
– Connect with others in the field
– Gain access to visitor studies resources
– Become aware of professional development opportunities
How can you get involved?
There are many opportunities for members and non-members alike to get involved!
Check our website for all the details: http://www.visitorstudies.org
Some examples of involvement:
– Join the association as a student for only $30 a year
– Attend the annual conference
o July 14-18, 2015 in Indianapolis
o July 2016 in Boston
– Propose a conference session, panel, poster, or workshop
o Deadline for 2015 conference sessions: December 8, 2014
o Find more info at http://visitorstudies.org/conference-overview
– Share your e-mail to sign up for a quarterly e-newsletter
– Subscribe to the VSA listserv and join in the conversation
– Read Visitor Studies or submit an article
– Follow us on Twitter @Visitor_Studies and on Facebook
How can you learn more?
Feel free to contact Marta Beyer, VSA Ambassador, for more information: mbeyer@mos.org
he Visitor Studies Association (VSA) seeks to foster a sense of community among its members, who gather once a year to pose intriguing questions, explore diverse opinions, debate controversial issues, challenge assumptions and share their successes and their struggles—in essence, to learn from one another. …
On Friday, October 10, I had the unusual privilege of spending the night in the slave quarters of the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, MA as a part of The Slave Dwelling Project, organized by Joseph McGill. This project is intended in part …
Greetings!
Welcome to Museums in the News. Through this column, I hope to help all of us be a little more informed and aware of the general “buzz” of the museum industry, as it is covered in mainstream news outlets. I’ll pull together a handful of stories each month, and then turn it over to you to provide comments, draw connections, and levy thoughtful critiques.
All the best,
Abigail Zhang
M.A. student, Museum Education
The Met to save Egyptian artifacts from controversial auction
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/metropolitan-museum-of-art-buys-egyptian-art-about-to-be-auctioned/
The Wall Street Journal highlights museum architects
http://online.wsj.com/articles/five-architects-five-state-of-the-art-museums-1412180218
In Washington, the Corcoran laid to rest in peace
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/an-empty-tomb-former-corcoran-staffers-hold-funeral-for-museum/2014/09/27/4cbab02a-4688-11e4-9a15-137aa0153527_story.html?tid=hpModule_d39b60e8-8691-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394
In Chicago, the Field Museum hosts “show and tell”
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/09/27/field-museum-holds-its-first-ever-identification-day/
NPR tells the story of art forger Mark Landis
http://www.npr.org/2014/09/27/351738720/art-craft-explores-how-one-forger-duped-more-than-45-museums
California National Guard closes military museum due to missing artifacts
http://www.kcra.com/news/missing-artifacts-prompt-military-to-close-old-sac-museum/28264568
Kudos to the staff of the Quebec Museum of Civilization
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-museum-fire-quick-thinking-staff-saved-artifacts-1.2767763