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A Conversation with Hallie Winter
Hallie Winter, curator at the Osage Nation Museum in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, is the recipient of the 2018 Nancy Hanks Memorial Award for Professional Excellence, which honors a museum professional with less than 10 years’ experience in the … -
Future Proofing Museum Business Plans: Creating sustainable models for natural history research collections.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2017 issue of Museum magazine. Last December, I co-taught a workshop in the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History’s newly renovated David Friend Hall, surrounded by a gorgeous exhibit … -
The Art of Sustainable Design
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2018 issue of Museum magazine. Museums can use environmental performance to enhance mission and visitor experience. Museums have long held a special place in the hierarchy of our … -
How can museums support Native-led climate justice initiatives?
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2018 edition of Museum magazine. “We humbly ask permission from all our relatives: our elders, our families, our children, the winged and the insects, the fourlegged, the swimmers and all … -
A Call To Action: An update on international cultural property protection.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. Whether they recognize it or not, museum professionals are engaged in implementing the 1954 Hague Convention in their everyday work. When a museum creates an … -
Safety First: How museums can embrace cyber-security opportunities and risks with open arms.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. In late 2016, the ride-sharing service giant Uber suffered a data breach that potentially exposed the personal information of 57 million Uber users and … -
When You’re Under Fire: A step-by-step guide for creating a comprehensive crisis communications plan.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. Museum crises come in all shapes and sizes. There are your standard natural disasters: earthquakes, wildfires, and hurricanes. And then there are the crises … -
When Disaster Strikes: Real-life lessons for emergency planning and response.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. When Paula Williams surveyed the damage from the violent winds that battered Albany, Georgia, one night in January 2017, she was shocked at what she saw. “My … -
My Take Embracing the Personal: Developing a self-care plan is a critical part of disaster training.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. When I first started in the museum field, I remember sitting in a mandatory egress training session to learn how to evacuate students from galleries during an … -
Information PLEASE Preserving History as It Happens: Orange County Regional History Center undertook rapid-response collecting after Pulse nightclub shooting
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. On June 12, 2016, a home-grown terrorist entered Orlando’s Pulse nightclub during Latin Night after last call. He murdered 49 beautiful individuals, injured …
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