I spend more and more time at my desk these days, doing everything from preparing the family taxes to working on this blog. Because of this, my workspace is constantly changing. Holding the clutter at bay is challenging, so I prefer to keep nearby only a few quality items that serve multiple purposes over aContinue reading “What’s on my desk”
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Travel Tips
There are millions of tips out there on how to fly with kids, what to bring on camping vacations, which suitcase to buy, where to go and what to see in just about every corner on Earth. What I want to share today is something a little different – something that we discovered last summerContinue reading “Travel Tips”
Museum Life: An Evening With Jane Goodall Live
My mid-career walkabout continued tonight as I attended the nationwide simulcast of Jane’s Journey, a documentary of primatologist Jane Goodall written and directed by Lorenz Knauer. I went because her story of traveling to Tanzania in her twenties without a college degree to study chimpanzees under Dr. Louis Leakey has always inspired me. Likewise herContinue reading “Museum Life: An Evening With Jane Goodall Live”
Museum Life: Art & Copy
It has been a few months since an entry. During this portion of my walkabout I have traveled to the Caribbean, moved back to the desert, worked on a traveling exhibition for Liberace and studied media stories to track how museums are perceived and reported. I have also watched movies. A LOT of movies. My recent Netflix find was ArtContinue reading “Museum Life: Art & Copy”
Museum Life: Shout Out Brooklyn!
Today I am thinking about new approaches to visitor input informing museum content and am intrigued by The Brooklyn Museum project launched this month entitled Split Second: Indian Paintings. From now until April 14th you can go to the Museum’s website and choose the paintings you would like to see installed at the gallery this summer. Per theContinue reading “Museum Life: Shout Out Brooklyn!”
Museum Life: Retail Therapy
If you visit museums you have surely succumbed to the presence of retail and plunked down your cash for a tangible reminder of your visit. On behalf of museums everywhere– thanks! My first paid position in a museum was as a Store Buyer and Manager. Now at mid-career I know it was the best introduction to the daily elements ofContinue reading “Museum Life: Retail Therapy”
Museum Life: Behind the Monkey
My walkabout got me thinking today about a stellar museum experience I recently had, with one of the highlights being the exhibition “Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H.A. Rey”. If you haven’t seen it and are in the Bay area, you have until March 13th to go to The ContemporaryContinue reading “Museum Life: Behind the Monkey”
Museum Life: Replacing Human Docents?
Searching with the word museum on YouTube brought me face to face with potential human docent replacements. Is it possible Museum Life of the future will rely less on people to teach, guide and interact? There is already a robot docent in Japan that can look into your eyes to see how interested you areContinue reading “Museum Life: Replacing Human Docents?”
Museum Life: Divine Intervention
Day 5 of my project has me thinking about museum-like functions that take place in other environments. This started with a random video on the site Mutualart.com of an installation by artist Bruce Munro at Salisbury Cathedral, 90 miles southwest of London. You might know of the Cathedral as the home of one of the bestContinue reading “Museum Life: Divine Intervention”
Museum Life: How Bazaar
Today I thought I was taking a break from thinking about the museum profession when browsing through the new Harper’s Bazaar Spring Fashion Issue. Instead I found museum references scattered throughout the pages including exhibition info (see below), Darryl Patterson photos of shoes deemed “museumworthy” and finally, a Missoni family photo shoot at The Museum of EverythingContinue reading “Museum Life: How Bazaar”
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