Public Historian Takes a Closer Look at the History of Valentine’s Day
February 10, 2022 Valentine’s Day is on a Monday this year and it is important to understand that while it ...
Book Review: Creating Meaningful Museum Experiences for K-12 Audiences
February 3, 2022 Cover for Creating Meaningful Museum Experiences for K-12 Audiences edited by Tara Young I recently read ...
Virtual Historic Site Impressions: Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
December 16, 2021 Thank you to all of those who responded to the poll I released a few weeks ago ...
Website Examination: Museum Learning Hub
December 2, 2021 Museum Learning Hub homepage I chose to take a closer look at a website that focuses on ...
What is Witchcraft? Taking a Closer Look at the History of Witchcraft
November 11, 2021 Since we recently celebrated Halloween, I thought I would share a short introduction to the history ...
13 Things to Do in Museums for Halloween 2021
October 14, 2021 It has been over a year since the pandemic and because Halloween is coming up soon, I ...
My Thoughts on a Coming Soon Museum: Museum of Broadway
October 7, 2021 I found out a little while ago that a new museum is coming to New York ...
Looking for your Next Podcast to Listen to? Check out this List of Podcasts on Museums and Public History
September 16, 2021 In recent years, I started listening to more podcasts and I decided to share a list ...
Want to be a Supporter of this Book? A Book Project Update
August 12, 2021 I made an announcement a few months ago on the blog that I started the book writing ...
Refocusing Museums on People: my dreams for museums in a post-COVID world
Written by Isabel Singer Reposted with permission from American Perceptionalism, a site dedicated to examining how museums are reinventing themselves in ...
Call for Proposals: [COLLECTIVE LIBERATION] DISRUPT, DISMANTLE, MANIFEST
Written by members of the Equity Coalition UPDATE (4/16): We are extending our deadline to EOD (11:59pm) 4/20. Thank you ...
COVID-19 Has Taken a Toll on Museum Education
Written by Juline Chevalier I keep thinking of the start of this post like the set-up for an uninspired stand-up ...
#ChangeTheMuseum
Written by Anonymous I have been in the museum field for a number of years and worked at multiple institutions ...
Making the Case for Collaborative Leadership in Museums
Written by Mike Murawski Early this week, it was so fantastic to see the Birmingham Museums Trust announce its decision ...
Museums Must Become More Trauma Informed
Written by Jackie Armstrong When I took my first steps into the world of visitor research and evaluation there was ...
Leading Means Being More Human
Written by Mike Murawski In an April conversation with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about leadership in times of ...
Upending Our Ideas About Leadership in Museums
Written by Mike Murawski Since the beginning of this pandemic crisis and throughout the ongoing protests demanding racial justice, we ...
How Employees at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are Unionizing
Written By Eric Morse Reposted with permission from the Museums + Democracy Project, a project founded by Eric Morse to explore ...
Why Employees at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are Unionizing
Written By Eric Morse Reposted with permission from the Museums + Democracy Project, a project founded by Eric Morse to explore ...
