The Maasai have been part of a process of cultural decolonization at Oxford’s famous Pitt Rivers Museum. The Living Cultures initiative is a collaboration between the museum, a Maasai community based campaign group called Oltoilo Le Maa, and community development organization InsightShare. This initiative began …
A year ago this month, Christie’s Auctions sold Salvator Mundi, one of about twenty known paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, for over $450 million, shattering all previous auction records and becoming the most expensive painting to ever be sold. The identity of the mysterious over-the-phone buyer …
I had the pleasure of undertaking my practicum at The Tsongas Industrial History Center this fall. Now the Center is looking for new interns to join the team. I had a fantastic time at TIHC this fall and would recommend interning here for all students looking for an upcoming practicum opportunity. I was given many opportunities to sit in on organizational and planning meetings as well as got to understand how successful partnerships can work. This is a great opportunity for a self started that would like to see the behind the scenes activities of an educational organization. Below is a description of the Practicum Opportunity.
The Tsongas Industrial History Center (TIHC) is an education partnership between the University of Massachusetts Lowell College of Education and Lowell National Historical Park. TIHC is a hands-on center where students learn about the American Industrial Revolution through activities and tours of the sites where history—and science—happened. Students “do history” by weaving, working on an assembly line, role-playing immigrants, voting in a town meeting, or becoming inventors. Students can also “do science” as they use the engineering design process, manipulate simple machines, create canal systems and test water wheels, measure water quality, trace the flow of groundwater pollution, or discover river cleanup techniques.
TIHC interns gain valuable experience working with a team of professional museum educators in a dynamic learning environment. Interns also have the opportunity to work with other Lowell National Historical Park departments, including Interpretation and Cultural Resources.
TIHC intern projects include:
* Assisting with the development and evaluation of hands-on interactives for the Boott Cotton Mills Museum.
* Developing teaching activities/materials (e.g., primary-source-based activities, vocabulary lists, historical fiction/non-fiction supplements, interdisciplinary lesson plans).
* Assisting with the redevelopment of existing school programs to meet new Massachusetts Social Studies Frameworks.
If Interested contact Kristin Gallas at Kristin_Gallas@uml.edu
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Six years after the art heist of the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam, one painting has possibly reappeared in Romania under strange circumstances. The painting, Picasso’s Tête d’Arlequin, was one of seven works by masters including Matisse, Monet, and Gauguin valued at over $23 million. Until the …