Welcome to our second year of museums in the news! MOM Takes Manhattan: The First Museum of Motherhood Opens Please Chime In: The Challenges and Opportunities of Participatory Culture Detroit Science Center: $5 million in emergency donations needed to reopen £100m masterpieces stolen from French …
Historic New England is opening up their collections storage area and giving a half-day class on decorative arts on October 29, 2011. It sounds terrific, and there’s an affordable special rate for students. If you attend, let us know! Learn about decorative arts from Historic …
Over the summer, the Metropolitan Museum of Art raised its suggested admission donation to $25. The Museum of Modern Art and our own Boston Museum of Fine Arts have followed suit.
The moves have sparked a number of articles both for and against, and this one from the Art Newspaper website is by far the best, offering a good overview of the questions and challenges that surround the question of what a museum should charge for admission.
What do you think? Do some museums charge too much? Should all museums charge more? Should they all be free?
Tomorrow night, and don’t miss it if you want to get started on your internship and complete your Tufts degree! Details below. Museum Studies Internship Orientation Session Wednesday, October 12, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Tisch Library, Room 304 All students who plan to start internships …
The New Media Consortium, which produces the Horizon Report, is compiling information for its 2011 Museum Edition. If you’re not familiar with the report, you should be! The Horizon Report is a good, succinct overview of emerging technologies in various fields. They categorize innovations by …
Welcome to our weekly museums in the news roundup. You might all be interested to know that this is post #52 of Museums in the News, making it officially one year old. We hope it’s been educational and useful for you to follow along as we report the whacky and the thought-provoking in the wider world of museums!
Weisman Art Museum Reopens After $14M Expansion
Moving the National Air and Space Museum’s Archives
Roger Kennedy dies at 85; former National Park Service director
Costs could keep Detroit Science Center doors shut
Reimagined Maritime Museum in Amsterdam Opens
Museum Spotlight: Hennepin History Museum
Frome Hoard on display in new Museum of Somerset
With New York’s Intrepid Museum Dealing with Issues, Texans Make Another Play for the Space Shuttle
Former President George W. Bush marks progress on construction of his library with ceremony
Carnegie Museum Makes Good on Super Bowl Bet, Prepares to Loan a Renior to the Milwaukee Art Museum
Nevada State Museum to reopen at Springs Preserve attraction in Las Vegas