By Thaara Sumithra Shankar, ’19 Donors occupy an important role in the functioning of a museum, providing funds for new … More
Category: Op Ed
Why museum professionals need to talk about Black Panther
by Casey Haughin, ’19 *Spoiler Warning: opening sequence plot details discussed in article* The seminal film Black Panther has become … More
Music, Mission, and Monet: My Summer at the Barnes Foundation
Casey Haughin, ‘19 When I applied to intern at The Barnes Foundation this summer, my knowledge of the Barnes was … More
Cataloguing and Collecting the Contemporary
By Thaara Shankar Art surrounds our world, whether we’re inside a gallery or museum, or outside looking at murals and … More
Collecting and Cataloguing the Contemporary
By Thaara Shankar Art surrounds our world, whether we’re inside a gallery or museum, or outside looking at murals and … More
A Museum for All: Including Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiences in the Museums of Tomorrow
By Casey Haughin Over the course of the late 20th and early 21st century museums have made it their mission … More
The International Council of Museums and Safe Havens
By: Sarah Braver As a result of the Islamic State’s destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq and Syria, the Association … More
Tainted Architecture
By Jesse Shuman In Berlin, the Reichsbahnbunker, known as Der Bunker, was constructed in 1943 to shelter up to … More
The Cost of Awe
By Kevin Chang The 2015 median price per square foot of residential space on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is $1,636.[1] … More
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The Explainers
By Taylor Alessio Have you ever held an elephant’s tooth? Well it weighs about 12 pounds, and looks nothing like … More