Journey to the past at the first formal school in Sharjah. Al Eslah School Museum first opened its doors to the public in 2003 but was originally established in 1935. Here, visitors can observe how the education system worked back in the day. It still retains photos of students who used t...
I’m not exactly sure when or where it started, but I give credit toEd Rodleyat the Museum of Science in Boston for introducing me to the concept of the“Drinking about Museums”professional meet-up. What could be better than meeting up with museum folk, playing around in our galleries &...
It all started in June when the Summer Museum Teaching Internship Program began and a group of enthusiastic interns came together to begin our explorations. As I have previously written about, the entire project began with individual need statements (“What do you need most today?”) and some ...
Humans have always been fascinated by Mars. The “Red Planet” is one of our closest cosmic neighbors and the easiest planet to spot in Earth’s night sky. But historically, our understanding of Mars has been formed more by culture and fiction than rock...
we were surprised to see works from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts in a show with the theme of Japanese influences on impressionism. The Frist has no permanent collection and pays for its exhibitions. The summer show of guitars at the Berkshire Museum is an example of pay-per-view programmin...
and participatory gallery spaces. Prior to this position in Maine, Phillippa served as the Kress Interpretive Fellow at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, Lecturer and Gallery Instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and built apps and games in museums around the country. Phillippa holds an...
When we originally scheduled visits to theIsabella Stewart Gardner Museumfor the classes at a Boston high school in ourSchool Partnership Program, we didn’t consider the date of the presidential election as a factor. My colleagues and I didn’t purposefully plan for the 10thgrade students, too...