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: Mid Museum Life Crisis

It was 1989 when I first entered  The Heard Museum as a museum professional in training, idealistic to the hilt and ready to save the world in the environment I believed combined all of my passions perfectly. Since then I have held positions from docent to director in institutions as varied as you can imagineContinue reading “Museum Life: Mid Museum Life Crisis”