New book!
I’m thrilled to announce that my new book is almost out! You can pre-order it on Amazon! Find it at an
Inside the Lost Museum book, Museums
Digital humanities, Museums
Catalog History: The New York Crystal Palace
A four part series on Medium, “Cataloging History,” on the history and practice of museum catalogs, focusing on the publications of
AMST2650, Public humanities, teaching
I asked students to write the syllabus. You won’t believe what happened next.
Yesterday was the first day of the new semester, and the first day of “Introduction to Public Humanities.” I’ve taught this
historic preservation, history, Museums, presentation, Public humanities
What might historic preservation learn from museums?
Every year, the Providence Preservation Society sponsors a symposium on key issues in historic preservation. This year’s symposium, on the
History of Technology, Technology
Making things
I’ve finished my “Lessons from the Lost Museum” book manuscript and I’m starting to think about a new project. I’ve
Digital humanities, History of Museums, Public humanities
Primary-source twitter
As I research my book on museums I tweet some of my sources. Gathering them here for your museum-history pleasure.
Curation, Exhibits, History of Museums, Museums, Public humanities, teaching
“Collecting and Collections” course & stamp exhibit
Head over to the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities blog for a post Sarah Dylla and I wrote about
Exhibits, History of Museums, Museums, Technology, Uncategorized
Design Objects in Museums
[my talk to the Questioning Aesthetics Symposium, RISD, March 2015] The call for papers placed this conference in the context of RISD’s
Collections, featured, Museums
The Whaling Museum’s Collections Development Plan, done!
The Jacobs Family Gallery at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. From Wikimedia Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kobo.jpg It’s done! For the past year
History of Technology, presentation, Programs, Public humanities, Technology
Connecting with The Wright Brothers
I was honored to give a brief talk as part of the kickoff for Reading Across Rhode Island’s everyone-should-read-it book,
