Welcome to our weekly roundup of museums in the news! Walmart Donates $20M to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to Sponsor Admission Atheist Group Wants 9/11 Cross Removed from Museum Chicago museum’s unearthed Soviet posters a diary of war Schwarzenegger museum opens Met Museum …
New York Times art critic Holland Cotter seems to be arguing for the death of the encylcopedic museum. What do you think?
The always-interesting blog Asking Audiences, which is the voice of Slover-Linett Strategies, has a good response to the recent Onion article that cleverly (and painfully!) characterizes art museums as “art jails.”
Some lovely historic photographs for you of an innovative educational program at the Sunderland Museum. It would never, ever fly today. You’ll see why.
Welcome to our weekly roundup of museums in the news! Vt.’s Shelburne Museum hosts circus-palooza Anacostia Community Museum Attempts Record-Breaking Ring Shout At MoMA, A Blog Becomes a Show Conan O’Brien Unveils ‘The Museum Of Conan Art’ At San Diego Comic-Con Day Tripper: Museum Without …
Some thoughtful reading for you going into the weekend.
Blue Avocado is a very thoughtful newsletter/magazine/blog dedicated to solving issues in nonprofits. They tend to focus on “community organizations” but their advice is practical, timely, and spot-on for museums as well.
Enjoy, and hopefully you are all now craving guacamole right along with me…