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Added April 11, 2019             During my honeymoon, my fiancé and I visited a number of places in New York City. On the first day, we visited the Fraunces Tavern Museum which is both a museum and a still functioning tavern. The museum’s mission is to preserve and interpret the history of the American Revolutionary… Continue reading Museum Impressions: Fraunces Tavern Museum

April 4, 2019 I’m back! I am officially married and I am back from my honeymoon. Thank you all for your patience and support while I took time off to make final preparations for the wedding. My husband and I went into New York City to spend our honeymoon, and we did a number of… Continue reading Reaction: No Money, No New Ideas Conundrum

February 28, 2019      Announcement: Since my wedding is this upcoming month and will be busy putting the final details together, I will not be writing new posts for March. I will try to share previously written posts during the month. Thank you so much for your understanding. Stay tuned for new posts in April! I… Continue reading Reaction: Considering Relevance

February 21, 2019 A couple of weeks of ago I wrote about my memories of an internship I did with Connecticut’s Old State House. To continue the series of museum memories of my career, I started a museum educator position at the historic house museum, Stanley-Whitman House, in Farmington Connecticut while I was earning my… Continue reading Museum Memories: Stanley-Whitman House

Added to Medium, February 14, 2019 A lot of us had been celebrating Valentine’s Day today in varying ways, and museums have been as well! We as museum professionals recognize that there is potential for visitors to celebrate within our museums so we open our doors and have programs, activities, and many more planned relevant… Continue reading Valentine’s Day Celebrations in Museums

Added to Medium, February 7, 2019  I recently have thought about the reasons why I started writing this blog, and one of those reasons was to remember my experiences in the museum field. Each museum I have worked for or done projects with has opened up doors for many opportunities to learn and grow in… Continue reading Museum Memories: Connecticut’s Old State House

Added to Medium, January 31, 2019 Since I earned my Master’s degree in Public History, I continue to review sources and read about current developments in Public History. According to my graduate program at Central Connecticut State University, public historians are front-line interpreters bringing historical knowledge to a broad public audience beyond the traditional academic… Continue reading Reaction: Recognizing the Best in Public History Blog

Added to Medium, January 24, 2019 Technology is continuing to be innovative, and museums do what they can to catch up with the latest to attract more visitors. Museum visitors have tons of access to technological items including but not limited to phones, computers, iPads, and laptops. There is also a number of technological advances… Continue reading Museums and Technology: Moving Forward into the Digital World

Added to Medium, January 17, 2019 As the government shutdown continues in the United States, federal workers are struggling to financially support themselves and their families. Many museum professionals who work in museums that were not able to be open because of the shutdown are among the federal workers struggling for the past 27 days… Continue reading How the Government Shutdown Affects Museum Workers

Added to Medium, January 10th, 2019 We are in the new year and this is the time of year when we figure out what and how we will accomplish our goals and resolutions. Museum professionals, especially myself, develop personal and professional goals. For museum professionals to accomplish the goals and resolutions, there are a number… Continue reading A New Year: What Needs to be Accomplished in the Museum Field