Event: Museum Conversations: Curating Data/Challenging History

Event: Museum Conversations: Curating Data/Challenging History

Fred Wilson, artist and Laura Kurgan, Associate Professor of Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and Director of the Center for Spatial Research and of the Visual Studies curriculum, Columbia University In Harvard’s annual seminar on innovative curatorial practice, Laura Kurgan of Columbia 

Free Course on Preventive Conservation through The Foundation for the American Institute for Conservation

Free Course on Preventive Conservation through The Foundation for the American Institute for Conservation

Preventive Conservation June 18 – July 1, 2016 Staatsburgh State Historic Site, Staatsburgh, NY Instructors: Genevieve Bieniosek, John Childs, Catherine Coueignoux, Cathy Mackenzie, Kirsten Schoonmaker Description: The 2016 Preventive Conservation Workshop is a 14 day course for pre-program conservation students, focusing on historic housekeeping.  The workshop will take place at Staatsburgh 

The Art of Schmoozing Workshop Review

The Art of Schmoozing Workshop Review

Last week, a number of current and former Museum Studies students took part in a workshop put on by the Museum Studies Department and led by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, President and CEO of the Abbe Museum. “The Art of Schmoozing” discussed networking beyond trying to get 

FREE Event: Museum Conversations: Curating Data/Challenging History

FREE Event: Museum Conversations: Curating Data/Challenging History

Museum Conversations: Curating Data/Challenging History Date: Monday, April 11, 2016, 6:30pm Location: Northwest Building, B-103, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Free event parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Fred Wilson, artist and Laura Kurgan, Associate Professor of Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture 

Event: Visitor Studies Association Conference

Event: Visitor Studies Association Conference

REGISTER NOW FOR THE VISITOR STUDIES ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE July 19-23, Hyatt Regency Boston With 14 in-depth workshops ranging from introductory statistics to data visualization and reporting, over 45 presentations of papers, roundtables, and think tanks, and keynote speakers from across the fields of data visualization 

FREE Event: Discussion on Current Events of Monument Destruction

FREE Event: Discussion on Current Events of Monument Destruction

Tuesday, March 1, 6:00 pm Destroying Images: Current Iconoclasm in Context James Simpson, Chair, Department of English and Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English, Harvard University The destruction of iconic images and monuments—iconoclasm—carried out today by extremists representing a wide range of