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Double Duty: How a historic botanical garden reached a balance in managing its plant and art collections
All museums face many challenges maintaining and displaying their collections. But these challenges are exacerbated when collections of vastly different needs and care protocols share the …
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Through the ephemeral, Tenderloin Museum explores neighborhood’s past
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Curatorial Practice
Matchbooks used to be like calling cards. This was back in the '40s, '50s and '60s - when everybody smoked, back before we knew what we know now. And so bars and cafes and hotels and clubs, …
See Behind the Scenes as the Statue of Liberty’s Original Torch Moves to Its New Home
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Collections Stewardship
The Statue's torch was replaced years ago; now the original is getting a new home. Here's a look inside the delicate work of…
With New Museums Opening Rapidly, Old Institutions Must Turn Tactical to Compete for Funding
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Financial Sustainability
Building a new museum to honor, commemorate or simply exhibit something that seemingly hasn't received any or enough attention always sounds like a good idea. Perhaps that's why we hear …