• Visitor Voices

    This article originally appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of Museum magazine. A story of accessibility and inclusion The “Visitor Voices” session at the 2015 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo in Atlanta featured stories and …
  • Museums And Race

    This article originally appeared in the November/December 2013 edition of Museum magazine. It has been more than two decades since artist Fred Wilson “mined” the Maryland Historical Society. Digging through the attic and …
  • Full Spectrum: Addressing the Needs of Kids with Autism

    This article originally appeared in the March/April 2011 edition of the Museum magazine. An average sixth-grade class is touring your galleries. Most of the children are only mildly interested, but one or two are not only intrigued but …
  • A New Spin: Are DJs, rappers and bloggers ‘curators’?

    This article originally appeared in the January/February 2010 edition of Museum magazine. A November 2008 headline in The New York Times read as follows: “Ludacris as Curator of His Own Hip-Hop Museum.” The concert review …

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