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A Season of Kindness
Much like museums, my daughter’s school distributes a quarterly calendar at which I typically glance to note important dates like the ubiquitous school closings, PTA meetings, and volunteer opportunities. The new calendar, however, caught … -
Making it all about Them: the New Bedford Whaling Museum High School Apprenticeship Program
Each year AAM’s Education Committee (EdCom) Professional Network recognizes outstanding museum educators and supporters, programs and resources that exemplify excellence. The 2018 Award of Excellence in Programming was received by the New … -
Museopunks Episode 31: Are Museums “Safe Spaces for Unsafe Ideas?”
Since the mid-1990s, it has been received wisdom that museums are, or should be, “safe spaces for unsafe ideas.” But is this true? Are museum safe spaces? And do they really deal in unsafe ideas? In this episode, Elaine Heumann Gurian, who … -
Students Solve a History Mystery and Teach a Lesson in Collaboration
Fourth and fifth graders at Silverton Elementary School reversed roles with teachers and set an example of how museums and schools can work together to broaden the telling of a community’s history. The students uncovered the forgotten …
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