33. Icelandic Museums with Hannah Hethmon

January 8th, 2018  |  12 mins 28 secs

hannah hethmon

Iceland has many more museums per person than the UK and the US. The country is also in the middle of a massive tourism boom: there are several times more tourists than residents.

32. What a Museum on the Moon Might Look Like With Michelle Hanlon

December 25th, 2017  |  13 mins 27 secs

apollo 11 historic site, michelle hanlon

Today, we talk with Michelle Hanlon, a space lawyer who volunteers with For All Moonkind, about what it will take to protect these sites them for future generations -- and speculate about what a lunar museum might look like.

31. Habemus with Romina Frontini & Christian Díaz

December 11th, 2017  |  11 mins 20 secs

christian díaz, romina frontini

Habemus is a Spanish-language radio program about museum topics broadcasting out of Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

30. Visitors of Color with Dr. Porchia Moore

November 6th, 2017  |  11 mins 20 secs

porchia moore

Dr. Porchia Moore, Inclusion Catalyst at the Columbia Museum of Art, started Visitors of Color with nikhil trivedi in 2015.

29. A Digital Approach to Museum Maps

October 23rd, 2017  |  4 mins 19 secs

Everything happens at a time and a place. In a museum, that coordinate system can help keep a story straight, even if it is not at the forefront of a gallery. And when designing maps for museums, we should keep in mind how humanistic digital tools are — and how helpful they can be to museum visitors

28. Leaving the Museum Field with Marieke Van Damme

October 9th, 2017  |  11 mins 51 secs

marieke van damme

Executive Director of the Cambridge Historical Society Marieke Van Damme always knew that working in the museum field is hard.

27. Yo, Museum Professionals

September 11th, 2017  |  4 mins 28 secs

An interactive screen can teach global climate change in ways an object can’t.

26. Arab American National Museum with Devon Akmon

August 28th, 2017  |  12 mins 22 secs

arab american national museum, devon akmon

Before the Arab American National Museum opened in Dearborn, MI in 2005, there wasn’t a singular museum telling the Arab American story. 

25. The Museum of Socialist Art in Sofia, Bulgaria is Figuring Out What to Do With All the Lenins

July 17th, 2017  |  8 mins 6 secs

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After the fall of communism in Bulgaria in 1989, statues of Bulgarian communist leaders, idealized revolutionary workers, and Lenins were taken down all over the county. Some of these statues are now in the Museum of Socialist Art in Sofia. Bulgaria doesn’t have a history museum that explores its communist past.

24. College Hill and the International Slave Trade Walking Tour with Elon Cook

July 3rd, 2017  |  10 mins 39 secs

Elon Cook created College Hill and the International Slave Trade walking tour in Providence after researching the crucial and massive role that Rhode Island played in the history of slavery.

23. Museum-Metro Station Hybrids

June 5th, 2017  |  5 mins 53 secs

bulgaria, sofia

During the planning stages for the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria, ruins of an old Roman fortress and city wall were discovered at the network’s proposed Serdika station.

22. Guide Training at Akagera National Park with Lisa Brochu

May 15th, 2017  |  10 mins 25 secs

I met interpretive planner Lisa Brochu in Akagara National Park in Rwanda. I was there as a tourist, and she was there as a guide trainer. Lisa’s teaching stresses that the best way to communicate with the visiting public is by having strong, central theme.