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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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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Wow, what a title. All I can hope is that one day I do this for money which comes along with having an editor which will add snappy, less literal titles to my writing. Anyway. Hi! I took a week off, which was really weird. It’s weird how fast we get used to things –…
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There’s plenty of places to look for commiseration and information if you’re looking to leave the museum field for good, or looking for a community to enforce your instincts that maybe museums themselves need to be overhauled completely. We’re in the business of considering how to make museums feel more welcoming. Perhaps we should think…
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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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In the spirit of the crisp back-to-school air, let’s talk about education in the art museum today. If you’re already an art museum educator, you’re probably aware that there is already a whole blog called Art Museum Teaching. It’s a great space for in-depth analysis of some of the points that I want to raise…
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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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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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Happy first birthday to Museum Drip!! This is also the first post I’m writing on my new, functioning laptop and WOW. I feel like I could actually be successful one day now that I have the proper tools. Once I can afford to pay this bad boy off, it’s over for you bitches. (Little museum…
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In our last post about internships, the topic was the ways in which internships would not be saved merely by paying interns. I wanted to get into some good debates about the value of internships, the value interns bring to organizations, why paying wasn’t the only thing that would make a difference, since plenty of…
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