In the midst of calls for desperately-needed reform to the museum field, the American Alliance of Museums, or AAM, has faced a lot of backlash and disillusionment from museum professionals for being out of touch or not advocating enough for certain subsets of the demographic it serves. AAM’s annual conference is massive and cost-prohibitive for…
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Museums are places of privilege. Of course they are. I’ve written before about how that isn’t inherently a bad thing – it just means we need to make changes to society in order to increase the access of people to this particular privilege. Museum workers making a living wage is critical. But what about our…
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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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I rarely write pieces that are part of the “news cycle” or are timely to current events because, I don’t get paid to do this and so there’s no incentive for me to carve out time in my schedule to react to something in the media. But BITCH, if you think I wasn’t going to…
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Here’s the blog post I wish I would have been able to read prior to planning my wedding. There are plenty of listicles point you towards the most splashy museum-as-venue options but very few sources to tell you what to expect or give a realistic picture of the unique challenges it presents. This Brides.com article…
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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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Julie Arrison-Bishop and I connected via Instagram as she launched her small but mighty museum consulting firm, MuseumTastic. What are the pros and cons of working with museum consultants? How can they support museum missions and staff and contribute to a more welcoming and inclusive environment? I’m obsessed with MuseumTastic’s motto: “Fantastic work isn’t complicated,…
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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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