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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Here at Museum Drip, we do not subscribe to the capsule wardrobe craze. Naturally I support consuming less and smart spending, but welcome to the side of the internet where if we don’t inject a little spice into our closet every couple of months we will lose our minds. For those who may not be…
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This title feels like a throwback to the earliest days of Museum Drip when I came here to spit pure acrimony. I don’t feel the need to weigh in specifically on the ins and outs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Union’s strike and success – it’s been covered extensively and if you follow me…
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What an honor it is to be here featured on Museum Drip. As someone outside of the museum world, it feels a bit like sitting at the cool kids’ table. I’m not positive how I got here, I hope you like me, and please don’t ask me to name my favorite artist because they are…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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