Pop Ups: Disrupting the Idea of “Museum”

  By Gretchen Jennings and Monica Montgomery 슠At the start, many of us were슠curious슠about why the슠project슠was designed as a partnership with a슠library슠instead슠of슠another museum. 슠However, by the end of the project, we not only슠understood슠why, but also realized it슠would not슠have worked any other way. 슠 Student report. On January 16, 2016, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, The…

Joint Statement from Museum Bloggers and Colleagues on Ferguson and Related Events

  The recent series of events, from Ferguson to Cleveland and New York, have created a watershed moment. Things must change. New laws and policies will help, but any movement toward greater cultural and racial understanding and communication must be supported by our countrys cultural and educational infrastructure. Museums are a part of this educational…

Dear Boston: Bravo!

In the wake of the terrible bombings at the Boston Marathon last year on April 15, and as part of my series of posts on the Empathetic Museum, I슠wrote with admiration슠 about the ways in which Boston museums had rallied for their community. A week or so later I posted again슠, this time슠focusing on the…