BASICS TO MUSEUM REGISTRATION: https://preservethis.org/p/museum-registration-fall Ready to strengthen your museum collections management skills? Our Basics to Museum Registration online class starts today, September 14, and there’s still time to join! Due to a glitch in our enrollment system, some people were unable to register before Friday’s original deadline. We’ve extended enrollment through Wednesday, September 16 so you still have a chance to sign up. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN Get an introduction to the d ...Continue Reading

Hi Adam.I managed the Guggenheim’s Gallery Guide program (another longstanding version of this approach to the job) for about 5 years. Ours involved a collaboration across the Education and Security departments that was a model I found very helpful.I’m now consulting with museums on how to address uncertainty and change, and a lot of the work I’ve done has been shifting from an existing, long-standing mode of operations to something new.Happy to talk if you’d like to email me directly or schedule a free call (see ...Continue Reading

Hi Adam,I led the transition of a security-focused staff to using a visitor-friendly education "host" model at the ICA Boston more than 15 years ago, one of the early models of this shift, and I still hear it referenced in the field today. Since then I've done a fair amount of hands-on work building out training models that hold both protection and hospitality. I'd love to talk shop when you've the time. Krista*Krista Kusuma, MA, CPCC, ACC (she/her)*Culture Architect | Leadership Coaching & Cult ...Continue Reading

I’m interested in learning more about how different museums approach hiring and training security officers, especially at university museums. My museum currently contracts with an outside security company, but I’ve seen other models where museums have transitioned to gallery attendants/ambassadors, who focus both on protecting the collection and engaging with visitors. I’m also looking for examples of successful approaches for making visitors feel less policed by security in gallery spaces, even if it’s just as si ...Continue Reading

Hello, We just had a class called Mah Jongg at the museum and with their participation, we gave them a coupon for one admission to an upcoming event at one of our historic homes . We just created a gift certificate for them. *Michelle Hamilton* Executive Director Luzerne County Historical Society 26 Swetland Lane Wyoming, PA 18644 570-823-6244 ext 1 www.luzernehistory.org Donate to our Annual Appeal and help support your local history here! *From:* talk@museum-ed.org <talk@museum-ed.org> *Sent: ...Continue Reading

For the past five years, we have run a program in which we visit local libraries, provide a hands-on program, and offer participants a free "field trip" to the museum, where we provide tickets and transportation, to lower the barrier to community visitation across our city. It has been somewhat successful, but it requires the family to be available on the days we offer the field trip.  We want to make it easier for families to visit, so we are considering pivoting to a model where participants receive ...Continue Reading

Creating organizations that are culturally competent is not an altruistic wish, but rather a business strategy to ensure our workforce reflects, represents, and is responsive to the communities with whom we collaborate and serve and perhaps more critically, how we shape our programs, exhibits, and collections. While cultural competency has long been incorporated into the medical disciplines and the fields of psychology and social work they have been slow to enter the cultural heritage professions. Join Helen Wong ...Continue Reading

The Minnesota Zoo Foundation is looking for ideas and inspiration for onsite donation kiosks, especially ones that are interactive. We have a coin vortex wishing well that our guests love. Our other two donation kiosks are due for replacement.     Kiosks or interactives that show guests their collective impact resonate well with our audience (think along the lines of a thermometer or counter that increase every time there’s a donation). We’re open to digital kiosks, mecha ...Continue Reading

Ever wanted to know how to tell stories and construct effective exhibition panels? If so, this course is for you. We will focus on providing you with tips on how to research, develop, and structure content. Plus, how to transform your story into effective exhibition panels and labels. As we delve into all stages of the process, strategies will be provided to build sustainable frameworks for this type of content development. Participants will be encouraged to generate and refine their own ideas for content and exhibiti ...Continue Reading

Hello Museum Educators, My name is Morgan Hollemans, and I am a graduate student in the Master of Museum Education program at the University of British Columbia Vancouver. I am conducting a research study titled /Anti-Racist Pedagogies in United States Art Museums’ Educational Programs: Exploring the Role of Art and Empathy/, which aims to better understand how art museum educators employ art to foster empathy as a strategy to support anti-racist pedagogies among pre-K-12 students within contexts of othering discou ...Continue Reading