Who attended the National Arts Advocacy Day in Washington DC last week? What were your thoughts? http://artsusa.org/news/afta_news/default.asp#item21 Share
Read More0Disaster Plan
With Summer fast approaching, it is never to early to dust off your disaster plan. What? Your institution does not have a disaster plan? Has not Hurricane Sandy offered you an opportunity to create one? What are you waiting for? Oh, I know, the usual excuses. Money. Time. Don’t know how. Well let me tell you that it does not take much money. It does take time. And as for don’t know how, there are plenty of free resources on-line. …
Read More0Institute for Cultural Entrepreneurship for Museum Leaders:
The award-winning Institute for Cultural Entrepreneurship is an immersion program for mid-career museum, preservation, historic site and other arts and culture professionals designed to introduce business applications and principles of entrepreneurial thinking with the goal of expanding vision and leadership skills. The institute has been recognized with an award of merit by MuseumWise, which provides support, advice and training to heritage organizations in New York State, for its potential to create great expansion in public engagement through the resources it …
Read More02 WEEKS UNTIL BUILDING MUSEUMS® – View the latest schedule
View the latest schedule of events and session content. We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia, March 4-6. Daily registration is available if you can break away from your busy day. Visit, buildingmuseums.com Share
Read More0White Glove Gang Make Triumphant Return to Fells Point
On Wednesday October 12, 2011 the White Gloves Gang once again visited the Fells Point Preservation Society (FPPS) at1726 Thames Street,Baltimore. No stranger to the FPPS, the Gang made its first visit back in 2005. For a moment now let us go back in time to when Destiny’s Child was still together, Batman Begins was playing at the box office and the FPPS had just called upon the White Gloves Gang to help them move their new collection. Some might …
Read More0When Small Scale Efforts Bring a BIG Reward
On the morning of October 12, eight volunteers arrived the Historical Society—and former almshouse—of Baltimore County to volunteer as part of the White Gloves Gang. Administrator Adam Youssi headed up the gang and started our day off with a tour of the 19th century building. It was fascinating to see the former quarters of the inmates, and the furniture and other items in the collection, but the greatest surprise of our tour was an intact nuclear fallout shelter in the …
Read More0[Session Recap] Strategizing Museum Internships to Meet (and Manage) Everyone’s Expectations
What are the differences between an internship and a volunteer position? What is a good internship? A good intern? These were just a few of the questions discussed in this panel with Dr. Petra Chu, Seton Hall University, Antonia Moser, Newark Museum, myself Pam Schwartz, student at Seton Hall University, and Pam Veenbaas, Smithsonian Institution. Presenting four different perspectives from the point of view of an educator, an internship supervisor, a student and an internship coordinator, the panel discussed how …
Read More0[Presentation Slides] Taking Your Museum to the Next Level with the Museum Assessment Program and the Conservation Assessment Program
Find out how MAP and CAP can help small and mid-sized museums of all disciplines achieve standards and best practices and attain excellence in operations. Learn how your peers have used MAP and CAP to help their museums become more relevant and sustainable, improve operations, improve collections stewardship, increase funding, and prepare for Accreditation. This session covered how to use the programs to meet broader institutional goals including sustainability, a clearer understanding of the museum’s audience and their needs, improved …
Read More0An EMP reflects on the Annual Meeting
My latest adventure: Baltimore, Maryland. I had only been to Baltimore once, for a short day trip prior to this visit. This time, I was there with a classmate in graduate school, who is also interested in working in museums. We were only able to volunteer and participate on day one due to our work and school schedules but MAAM certainly gave me more than what I expected. As a student, the MAAM conference was far less daunting than some …
Read More0[Session Recap] The Role of Interpretation in Master Planning
On Tuesday morning I wandered into the session on the role of interpretation in the master plan of a historic site. I knew little about the two huge 19th Century stone sites—the Fort Monroe Authority on Virginia’s coast and Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. I learned each has its own unique challenges. Eastern State is a stabilized ruin, a huge structure that was abandoned in 1971. The museum had to choose what stories to tell and then decide which cells …
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