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Art Matters Museum ProfessionalsMay 22, 2022

On Finding Hope in the “Youth”: How Are We Leaving It Better Than We Found It?

Content warning: the first paragraph contains references to traumatic events, both recent and from the past 20 or so years. I have elected not to name certain events and refer to them by date so if you need to look up what happened, please do so with care or perhaps ask a friend first. Please…

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Museum ProfessionalsMay 1, 2022May 2, 2022

Do I Actually Hate Conferences?: Making Professional Development Welcoming

A welcoming museum environment for visitors starts with a welcoming museum environment for museum employees. Employees who feel heard and valued and are not plagued by communication issues or extreme overwork are likely to be better equipped to have conversations about what makes museums friendly and inclusive for their visitors. One of the best ways…

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Museum Mechanics Museum ProfessionalsApril 17, 2022April 17, 2022

How to Not Quit Your Job

A lot of us are unhappy at work, especially in fields such as the museum world, teaching, healthcare – arenas where we were told “if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” Because, that advice is very silly. In America especially, income inequality alone is a reason to feel…

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Museum Mechanics Museum ProfessionalsMarch 20, 2022

Who is in Favor of the Three-Month Exhibition?

I did an Instagram poll to gauge interest in the topic of interrogating why museum exhibitions are only three months long and it turns out that a lot of people have a lot of opinions. For the most part, museum people seem to be not in favor of the standard 8-12 week exhibition period, yet…

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Museum Mechanics Museum ProfessionalsFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022

A Nondescript Pile of Rocks: Why are “Museum People” Hoarders?

I just deleted my Facebook account. I mean don’t get me wrong, I’m not a righteous person doing this for the right reasons, we all know how much I love Instagram which is also owned by ~Meta. The bad started to outweigh the good on Facebook, and when I thought about what I’d be losing…

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Museum ProfessionalsJanuary 23, 2022January 23, 2022

What’s at Stake? Navigating the Lack of Diversity in the Museum Field (As a White Person)

I feel like I’m always writing that I don’t want to talk too much about myself, and then talking about myself at length. So – you should be used to it by now and have no complaints! <3 Or maybe, you’re not used to me because I haven’t written anything in a whole month! I…

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Museum ProfessionalsDecember 19, 2021December 19, 2021

Be a Leslie Knope: Recognizing Accomplishments and Managing Burnout

I imagine this title will turn a lot of people off since we are living through a global pandemic, a labor revolution, witnessing the collapse of Western democracy, etc. etc. etc. Everyone has experienced loss, burnout, exhaustion and cynicism this year. However as the saying goes, although we are all in the same storm, we’re…

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Museum Mechanics Museum ProfessionalsOctober 10, 2021October 10, 2021

Am I The Drama? In Defense of Docents

These days, Museum Drip is in the business of considering how to make museums, and specifically art museums, more welcoming to non-art-expert audiences. Sometimes, things that would make museums more welcoming to one group of people will negatively impact another group. Dealing with deeply entrenched docent programs is one of those things. I’ve been writing…

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Museum Mechanics Museum ProfessionalsSeptember 12, 2021September 15, 2021

Cardboard Cutout Kids: Museum Field Trips & Interdepartmental Buy-In

It’s September! And while I have no idea how many museums will be welcoming students into their physical spaces as we enter the second fall season of the Covid-19 pandemic, the earlier sunsets and PSL frenzy still means that museum educators are ramping up for the school season. Even if students aren’t getting the thrill…

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Museum Mechanics Museum ProfessionalsAugust 2, 2021August 2, 2021

Five Things I Look for in a “Welcoming” Art Museum

Over the last year this blog has set the stage of a lot of (certainly not all of) the whys of how museums become alienating. Now that I’m able to safely visit museums in-person again, I can start to shout out museums that are actively working to be welcoming. Here are 5 of the things…

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