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June 6, 2019 Last week a Google Sheet was released listing salary information museum professionals have volunteered to share with the online museum community. Since workplace equity is an important topic that is discussed and implemented in the museum field, the latest news shows the museum field is serious about improving the quality of museum… Continue reading Moving Towards an Equitable Museum Workforce: Reaction to Salary Doc

May 30, 2019 I have been to a number of museums during my childhood and in current years. This week’s post is a museum I visited during my childhood: the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts. I visited the museum with my family and one of the exhibits that stood out to me was the… Continue reading Museum Impressions: Museum of Science, Boston

May 23, 2019 Here is another entry for the Museum Memories series which are blog posts about my experiences working in the museums. This series began as a Patreon request to help support the blog and website.  In case if one is not aware of Patreon, it is a membership platform that provides business tools… Continue reading Museum Memories: Noah Webster House

May 16, 2019 It is that time of year again to talk about the New York City Museum Educators Roundtable Conference. On Monday, May 13, 2019, the New York City Museum Educators Roundtable (NYCMER) held a conference for museum and museum education professionals, and this year was special because this is the 40th anniversary of… Continue reading #NYCMER2019: the Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow of Museum Education

May 9, 2019 As I was looking through resources on the museum and public history field, I noticed that there were articles that explain why small museum professionals get the credit they deserve but there were not many articles that discuss the physical challenges working in small museums present. I decided that this week’s post… Continue reading The Challenges Faced in Small Museums

May 2, 2019 During my experience in museums, I have taught many school programs and learned a number of methods to educate students. Each experience taught me more about educating students within a museum and classroom management. My first experience in educating school programs began with my internship at Connecticut’s Old State House in which… Continue reading How Education Theory is Used in Museums

April 25, 2019 In previous blog posts, I started a series of posts sharing memories of museums I have worked at. This week I am continuing this series to share my memories at Connecticut Landmarks where I started to work from towards the end of graduate school to when I moved to Long Island. Connecticut… Continue reading Museum Memories: Connecticut Landmarks Historic Houses in Hartford

Added: April 18, 2019 On April 15, 2019, I saw a Tweet from ABC News that shared a video link to the live coverage of the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral that occurred as renovations were worked on. In addition to the many people in France and around the world, I was affected by the… Continue reading Mon cœur va aux gens de France: Fire in the Notre-Dame Cathedral

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