Public Programming

An Afrofuturist School Program Empowers Children to Envision the Future

By Nina Woodruff-Walker

Futurism is a powerful tool to share with kids—equipping them to think about the world they want to live in when they grow up, challenging them to make it better. Today on the blog, Executive Director Nina Woodruff-Walker tells us how the …
Historic Sotterley is Finding Common Ground

By Nancy Easterling

After a reinterpretation process, Historic Sotterley now tells the stories of all the people who lived o…
At The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation the Play’s the Thing

By Ellen Morgan Peltz and Peter Inker

With its museum theater program, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation cultivates creativity in interpretation without compromi…
Science North’s Secret Sauce

By Amy Wilson

Science North’s recipe for success creating objec…
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center has a More Visceral Experience

By Sierra Wolff

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is preserving survivor oral histories for generations to come by using hologram and virtual reality …
A Counterpoint to “Witch Kitsch”: Peabody Essex Museum’s New Salem Witch Trials Walking Tour

By Dinah Cardin

At 11:58 am, my finger hovered above the record button. I had set out on a hot August day to capture the noon bell chimes of the Immaculate Conception Church in downtown Salem, Massachusetts. My goal was to weave these ambient sounds into …
Get Your Geek On! How Museums Can Host Mission-Driven Community Conventions

By Karen Malone & Tarrah Kopka

Did you know that a freight elevator can just barely fit a life-size Tyrannosaurus rex puppet? We happened to learn this while getting ready for the Geek Con, an annual event held by the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science in …
Blues on the Block: Connecting Communities through Live Music, Rhythm, and Public Health

By Erin Simon

The National Blues Museum was one of ninety-one museums, libraries, and cultural or tribal organizations that leveraged their position as trusted community partners to help bolster vaccine confidence in their communities as part of …
How Are Museums Celebrating Juneteenth This Year?

By Joseph O'Neill

As of 2021, the United States has a new federal holiday: Juneteenth. In the years since June 19, 1865—when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and free the remaining African Americans …
What University Museum Educators Have Learned from the Pandemic

By Lori Kartchner and Abby Newkirk

In this series of posts, EdCom’s Trends Committee is taking a deeper look at emerging phenomena identified in the 2021 edition of TrendsWatch from the Center for the Future of Museums. In this post, they survey university museums across …