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 …
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, located along the waterfront just south of Boston, serves as the nation’s official memorial to John F. Kennedy. The institution boasts an incredible research collection consisting of over 8.4 million pages of paper, approximately 400,000 photographs, thousands …
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.
The 2015 conference offers a venue for presenting new research, findings, and methods and exploring higher level topics and questions of interest to the field of informal learning. This year, the thematic focus of the keynote and plenaries will emphasize the ways in which we can take action through our work. To take action, we need to develop ourselves as creative and dynamic leaders, as individuals and within institutions and organizations dedicated to supporting informal learning opportunities; this is the key to fulfilling our potential for public service. Come join the discussion.
The Massachusetts Historical Society’s latest exhibit, “Letters and Photographs from the Battle Country: Massachusetts Women in the First World War,” tells of the Great War from a lesser-known perspective: that of American women. Featuring photographs, letters, diaries, and memorabilia, this exhibit captures the experiences of …
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