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After Condo Collapse, a Miami Museum Is Preserving the Memorial Wall
“We’re living in an era when mass trauma, natural and manmade, is occurring at an alarming rate. Museums have to be able to do this type of ‘rapid response’ collecting after an event, to …
Can the Arts Help Drive Vaccinations? Yes, According to the CDC
“The arts attract attention, they’re interesting, they facilitate experiences that are memorable and can convey information in ways that are not just more understandable, but more …
The Era of the Visionary Museum Director Is Over … or It Should Be
In this op-ed, the Director of the Chazen Museum of Art argues that the “cult of the visionary museum director” undermines the progress institutions can make by favoring …
Get Vaccinated Under the Blue Whale at the American Museum of Natural History
““This institution is dedicated to fostering scientific knowledge and understanding and providing access to the public, so I can’t even imagine a more important manifestation of our …
Queens Museum Hosts Food Pantry to Help NYC Borough at Epicenter of COVID-19 Crisis
The Queens Museum has stepped in to host a food pantry serving 1,000 families a week in the New York City borough hardest hit by the COVID-1…
Why Museums Can’t Always Fall Back on Endowments
As funding sources experience a season of drought, and endowments have limitations as a subsidy, museums have an opportunity to explore new funding models and revenue streams for renewal. …
Maintenance Workers at Metropolitan Museum Receive 63% Pay Increase
With worker overload capped and difficulty finding licensed workers, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has finally reached an agreement with its HVAC maintenance workers to increase their …
The Metropolitan Museum Shrouded a Mark Chagall Painting to Draw Attention to World Refugee Day
To mark World Refugee Day, the Metropolitan Museum of Art labeled works in its modern and contemporary art galleries by refugee artists, including Max Beckmann, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Max …
A Museum Hires a Full-time Therapist
In order to promote greater health, encourage healing, and increase a patient’s sense of agency, doctors in Montreal are now prescribing museum visits as the “social …
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago Lowers Ticket Prices for Those Impacted by Gender Pay Gap
Carey Dunne explains in this article how the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago will begin a discounted price for museum admissions for anyone who believes that they have been negatively …
Museum Creates Program for Families Suffering from the Opioid Crisis
The Currier Museum of Art’s, “The Art of Hope” program is about helping people affected by the opioid epidemic heal. Using the Currier’s collection, program facilitators hope that the …
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