Top 5: My Best Museum Experiences

High Fidelity is one of my classic comfort movies, but I’ve never been good at listing my top favorites of anything – I freeze like a scared rabbit during ice breakers or “desert island” prompts. But lately I’ve been thinking about how much time I spend talking about welcoming, inclusive and fun museum experiences and…

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Blockbusters

In the B.C. times (before Covid) (ha ha ha I am actually a dad) May would signal a packed slate of must-see movies coming to theaters, and museums would be gearing up to open their money-making summer exhibitions. Back in those days, we would willingly plunge into a crowd to experience these must-see events. As…

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Museum Nerds, Codified

Museum nerds LOVE to be Museum nerds. (Then they complain that “non-traditional” museum audiences feel alienated by museums. 🙂 ) Don’t be fooled by the word “nerd;” museum nerds think that they are very cool. But all Museum nerds are not created equal. You’ve got your art museums, your science museums, the behemoth that is…

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