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Celebrate Museum Advocacy Day
Below is an op-ed written by Mallory Bader, graduate assistant at the C.H. Nash Museum for the February 28, 2012 edition of the MemphisCommercial Appeal. The piece is based on the American...
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When will be the right time for Museum Advocacy?
I am in Minneapolis attending the Annual Conference of the American Association of Museums. As is typical for such events, there is too much to do, too many sessions to attend, and too many folks to...
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Wikipedia, Museums, Trade and More
I have blogged before about Wikipedia and both the positive and negative “professional” reactions to the resource. Returning to that thread, one of the more interesting sessions I attended at the...
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National Archaeology Day & Advocacy
A bunch of opportunities are in the air to conduct effective community outreach for both archaeology and museums. The Archaeology Institute of America’s Second National Archaeology Day (NAD), October...
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Labor Day and the Cultural Heritage Professional
In 1987 I enrolled in my first archaeological field school. The course was taught by the late Dr. Patricia Essenpreis at the Fort Ancient State Memorial in Warren County, Ohio, US. That experience...
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An Evaluation of Coursera as Public Outreach
Shaker rattle from Uganda I have posted several times lately about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) such as offered through coursera.org. In those posts I stuck to a general discussion of MOOCs,...
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Before National Archaeology Day & the Day After
National Archaeology Day (NAD), October 20, 2012, is one month away. Initiated by the Archaeological Institute of America, there are over 100 Collaborating Organizations for the 2012 events including...
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The Disconnect Between Museums and Schools
In an article titled “Insistent Questions in Our Learning Age” published in the Journal of Museum Education (Volume 35, Number 3, Fall 2010), Beverly Sheppard asks several questions including the...
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Some ‘How to’ Proposals on Museum Advocacy
In a blog post last year I reviewed the book Speak Up For Museums the American Alliance of Museums premier publication on museum advocacy. In the Fall Semester of 2011, students in my Museum Practices...
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Co-creation & #MuseumsrespondtoFerguson
Veterans of the U.S. military attending Black History Month event at the C.H. Nash Museum, 2012. Spearheaded by Gretchen Jennings, a timely Joint Statement from Museum Bloggers and Colleagues on...
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