web02.fireside.fm Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:50:21 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Museum Archipelago - Episodes Tagged with “Apollo 11 Historic Site” https://www.museumarchipelago.com/tags/apollo%2011%20historic%20site Mon, 25 Dec 2017 08:00:00 -0500 A tiny show guiding you through the rocky landscape of museums. Museum Archipelago believes that no museum is an island and that museums are not neutral. Taking a broad definition of museums, host Ian Elsner brings you to different museum spaces around the world, dives deep into institutional problems, and introduces you to the people working to fix them. Each episode is rarely longer than 15 minutes, so let’s get started. en-us episodic A tiny show guiding you through the rocky landscape of museums Ian Elsner A tiny show guiding you through the rocky landscape of museums. Museum Archipelago believes that no museum is an island and that museums are not neutral. Taking a broad definition of museums, host Ian Elsner brings you to different museum spaces around the world, dives deep into institutional problems, and introduces you to the people working to fix them. Each episode is rarely longer than 15 minutes, so let’s get started. no best museum podcast, museum podcast, museums, archipelago, sidedoor, Smithsonian, buzludzha, culture museums Ian Elsner ian.elsner@gmail.com 32. What a Museum on the Moon Might Look Like With Michelle Hanlon https://www.museumarchipelago.com/32 551e84a3e4b0eb314198ed16:551e854ce4b0ab145383eeb9:5a40f65e652dea313112226b Mon, 25 Dec 2017 08:00:00 -0500 Ian Elsner full Ian Elsner 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. 13:27 no Image: The Lower Half of the Apollo 17 Lunar Lander in a debris field in the Taurus–Littrow valley. This view was <a href="https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/leaving-moon-watching-home">captured minutes after the last humans left the moon</a> and it would look exactly the same today. <p>What humans left behind on the moon are part of our human heritage, on par with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetoli">Laetoli</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux">Lascaux</a>. Unlike human heritage sites on earth, the lunar landing sites are pristine, completely untouched by natural erosion or human disruption. But the lunar landing sites are also unprotected. On earth, protecting heritage sites is a national affair: countries nominate sites within their own territory to be recognized by UNESCO. Sites on the moon are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty">technically nobody’s territory</a>, so no country can nominate the landing sites, including the six Apollo bases.<br><br>The people behind <a href="https://forallmoonkind.org/">For All Moonkind</a> are designing the legal framework to protect and preserve these human heritage sites. Today, we talk with <a href="https://twitter.com/hanlonesq?lang=en">Michelle Hanlon</a>, 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.<br> </p><p><em>Museum Archipelago is a tiny show guiding you through the rocky landscape of museums. Subscribe to the podcast via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/museum-archipelago/id1182755184">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXVzZXVtYXJjaGlwZWxhZ28uY29tL3Jzcw==">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1182755184/museum-archipelago">Overcast</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5ImpDQJqEypxGNslnImXZE">Spotify</a>, or even <a href="https://mailchi.mp/6aab38a7b159/museumgo">email</a> to never miss an episode.</em></p> <div> <h3><a href="https://www.patreon.com/museumarchipelago">Club Archipelago 🏖️</a></h3> <p>If you like episodes like this one, you’ll love Club Archipelago. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/museumarchipelago"><b>Join Club Archipelago today</b></a> to help me continue making podcasts about museums (and get some fun benefits)! </p> </div> <p> </p><h3>Topics and Links</h3> <p> 00:00: Welcome to Museum Archipelago<br>00:14: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HQfauGJaTs">The Lunar Liftoff of Apollo 17</a><br>02:10: Induction to Michelle Hanlon<br>03:00: <a href="https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/leaving-moon-watching-home">For All Moonkind</a><br>04:10: Protecting Heritage Sites on Earth<br>05:42: Outer Space Treaty<br>06:50: Apollo Landing Sites Today<br>08:45: Proposals for Lunar Museums<br>11:30: What Story Should Lunar Museums Tell?</p> Image: The Lower Half of the Apollo 17 Lunar Lander in a debris field in the Taurus–Littrow valley. This view was captured minutes after the last humans left the moon and it would look exactly the same today.

What humans left behind on the moon are part of our human heritage, on par with Laetoli and Lascaux. Unlike human heritage sites on earth, the lunar landing sites are pristine, completely untouched by natural erosion or human disruption. But the lunar landing sites are also unprotected. On earth, protecting heritage sites is a national affair: countries nominate sites within their own territory to be recognized by UNESCO. Sites on the moon are technically nobody’s territory, so no country can nominate the landing sites, including the six Apollo bases.

The people behind For All Moonkind are designing the legal framework to protect and preserve these human heritage sites. 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.

Museum Archipelago is a tiny show guiding you through the rocky landscape of museums. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, or even email to never miss an episode.

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00:00: Welcome to Museum Archipelago
00:14: The Lunar Liftoff of Apollo 17
02:10: Induction to Michelle Hanlon
03:00: For All Moonkind
04:10: Protecting Heritage Sites on Earth
05:42: Outer Space Treaty
06:50: Apollo Landing Sites Today
08:45: Proposals for Lunar Museums
11:30: What Story Should Lunar Museums Tell?

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]]> Image: The Lower Half of the Apollo 17 Lunar Lander in a debris field in the Taurus–Littrow valley. This view was captured minutes after the last humans left the moon and it would look exactly the same today.

What humans left behind on the moon are part of our human heritage, on par with Laetoli and Lascaux. Unlike human heritage sites on earth, the lunar landing sites are pristine, completely untouched by natural erosion or human disruption. But the lunar landing sites are also unprotected. On earth, protecting heritage sites is a national affair: countries nominate sites within their own territory to be recognized by UNESCO. Sites on the moon are technically nobody’s territory, so no country can nominate the landing sites, including the six Apollo bases.

The people behind For All Moonkind are designing the legal framework to protect and preserve these human heritage sites. 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.

Museum Archipelago is a tiny show guiding you through the rocky landscape of museums. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, or even email to never miss an episode.

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If you like episodes like this one, you’ll love Club Archipelago. Join Club Archipelago today to help me continue making podcasts about museums (and get some fun benefits)!

Topics and Links

00:00: Welcome to Museum Archipelago
00:14: The Lunar Liftoff of Apollo 17
02:10: Induction to Michelle Hanlon
03:00: For All Moonkind
04:10: Protecting Heritage Sites on Earth
05:42: Outer Space Treaty
06:50: Apollo Landing Sites Today
08:45: Proposals for Lunar Museums
11:30: What Story Should Lunar Museums Tell?

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]]> 21. Apollo 11 Historic Site https://www.museumarchipelago.com/21 551e84a3e4b0eb314198ed16:551e854ce4b0ab145383eeb9:590746429f7456663ecc0b67 Mon, 01 May 2017 11:00:00 -0400 Ian Elsner full Ian Elsner Even before I started working in the museum field, I was thinking about the future museum at the Apollo 11 landing site at Tranquility Base on the moon.  5:14 no Even before I started working in the museum field, I was thinking about the future museum at the Apollo 11 landing site at Tranquility Base on the moon. <p>The site is special. No matter how the human experiment turns out, the site will represent the first step off earth. Now Tranquility Base is a pile of historical artifacts in their original context. Even the astronauts' footprints in the delicate, powder-like dust of the lunar surface are still there. </p><p>How should we treat this well-preserved historic site? What will the museum at the site have to say to future visitors, all of whom took the same journey as the Apollo 11 astronauts?Museum Archipelago has some ideas (and more questions). Subscribe to Museum Archipelago for free to never miss an episode! (http://museumarchipelago.com/subscribe) </p><div> <h3><a href="https://www.patreon.com/museumarchipelago">Club Archipelago 🏖️</a></h3> <p>If you like episodes like this one, you’ll love Club Archipelago. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/museumarchipelago"><b>Join Club Archipelago today</b></a> to help me continue making podcasts about museums (and get some fun benefits)! </p> </div> lunar museum, apollo museum Even before I started working in the museum field, I was thinking about the future museum at the Apollo 11 landing site at Tranquility Base on the moon. 

The site is special. No matter how the human experiment turns out, the site will represent the first step off earth. Now Tranquility Base is a pile of historical artifacts in their original context. Even the astronauts' footprints in the delicate, powder-like dust of the lunar surface are still there. 

How should we treat this well-preserved historic site? What will the museum at the site have to say to future visitors, all of whom took the same journey as the Apollo 11 astronauts?Museum Archipelago has some ideas (and more questions).

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]]> Even before I started working in the museum field, I was thinking about the future museum at the Apollo 11 landing site at Tranquility Base on the moon. 

The site is special. No matter how the human experiment turns out, the site will represent the first step off earth. Now Tranquility Base is a pile of historical artifacts in their original context. Even the astronauts' footprints in the delicate, powder-like dust of the lunar surface are still there. 

How should we treat this well-preserved historic site? What will the museum at the site have to say to future visitors, all of whom took the same journey as the Apollo 11 astronauts?Museum Archipelago has some ideas (and more questions).

Subscribe to Museum Archipelago for free to never miss an episode!

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