web01.fireside.fm Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:01:32 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Museum Archipelago - Episodes Tagged with “Bill Bradberry” https://www.museumarchipelago.com/tags/bill%20bradberry Mon, 28 May 2018 06:00:00 -0400 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 43. Blake Bradford Aims To Increase Number of Black Museum Professionals with Lincoln University Program https://www.museumarchipelago.com/43 551e84a3e4b0eb314198ed16:551e854ce4b0ab145383eeb9:5b08666b0e2e7258ec7ba622 Mon, 28 May 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Ian Elsner full Ian Elsner In episode 36 of this podcast, Bill Bradberry, Chair of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Area Commission, described encountering the glaring lack of cultural diversity within and around the museum industry, particularly in leadership. 11:36 no <a href="http://www.museumarchipelago.com/36">In episode 36 of this podcast</a>, Bill Bradberry, Chair of the <a href="http://niagarafallsundergroundrailroad.org">Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Area Commission</a>, described encountering the glaring lack of cultural diversity within and around the museum industry, particularly in leadership. He cited the <a href="http://www.lincoln.edu/news-and-events/news/lincoln-university-unveils-historic-academic-partnership-barnes-foundation">new Museum Studies program at Lincoln University</a> as an example of a program that addresses the problem directly.<br> <a href="http://www.lincoln.edu/faculty-and-staff/directory/blake-bradford">Blake Bradford</a> is the director of that Museum Studies Program, a partnership between Lincoln University and the Barnes Foundation. In this episode, Bradford describes ways to change museum institutions that already consider themselves successful. He also talks about museums as public-facing institutions, inviting his students to think critically about how truth is established through museums, and what surprises him about his students. <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> Topics Discussed: 00:00: Intro 00:15: Blake Bradford 00:53: Museums Accountable to The Public 01:49: Convincing Museums to Do The Right Thing 02:24: Museum Studies Program at Lincoln University 03:20: “Safe” Diversity is Not Diversity 04:30: Critical Analysis Curriculum 07:10: Taking The Magic Out of Exhibit Production 08:36: Post-Museum Students 11:01: Outro In episode 36 of this podcast, Bill Bradberry, Chair of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Area Commission, described encountering the glaring lack of cultural diversity within and around the museum industry, particularly in leadership. He cited the new Museum Studies program at Lincoln University as an example of a program that addresses the problem directly.

Blake Bradford is the director of that Museum Studies Program, a partnership between Lincoln University and the Barnes Foundation. In this episode, Bradford describes ways to change museum institutions that already consider themselves successful. He also talks about museums as public-facing institutions, inviting his students to think critically about how truth is established through museums, and what surprises him about his students.

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Topics Discussed:
00:00: Intro
00:15: Blake Bradford
00:53: Museums Accountable to The Public
01:49: Convincing Museums to Do The Right Thing
02:24: Museum Studies Program at Lincoln University
03:20: “Safe” Diversity is Not Diversity
04:30: Critical Analysis Curriculum
07:10: Taking The Magic Out of Exhibit Production
08:36: Post-Museum Students
11:01: Outro

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]]> In episode 36 of this podcast, Bill Bradberry, Chair of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Area Commission, described encountering the glaring lack of cultural diversity within and around the museum industry, particularly in leadership. He cited the new Museum Studies program at Lincoln University as an example of a program that addresses the problem directly.

Blake Bradford is the director of that Museum Studies Program, a partnership between Lincoln University and the Barnes Foundation. In this episode, Bradford describes ways to change museum institutions that already consider themselves successful. He also talks about museums as public-facing institutions, inviting his students to think critically about how truth is established through museums, and what surprises him about his students.

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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 Discussed:
00:00: Intro
00:15: Blake Bradford
00:53: Museums Accountable to The Public
01:49: Convincing Museums to Do The Right Thing
02:24: Museum Studies Program at Lincoln University
03:20: “Safe” Diversity is Not Diversity
04:30: Critical Analysis Curriculum
07:10: Taking The Magic Out of Exhibit Production
08:36: Post-Museum Students
11:01: Outro

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]]> 36. The Underground Railroad in Niagara Falls with Bill Bradberry https://www.museumarchipelago.com/36 551e84a3e4b0eb314198ed16:551e854ce4b0ab145383eeb9:5a86e904e2c48398a11f61f9 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 06:45:00 -0500 Ian Elsner full Ian Elsner Bill Bradberry, the President and Chairman of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Area Commission, thinks of the entire city of Niagara Falls, NY as an open crime scene from “the crime of holding people in bondage, and the man-made crime of trying to escape.” 12:52 no <p>Bill Bradberry, the President and Chairman of the <a href="http://niagarafallsundergroundrailroad.org/">Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Area Commission</a>, thinks of the entire city of Niagara Falls, NY as an open crime scene from “the crime of holding people in bondage, and the man-made crime of trying to escape.” With Canada just across the Niagara river, the Commission conducts research on the Underground Railroad as it relates to Niagara Falls and the surrounding area — for some, the last terminus in the United States.</p><p>The Commission will open the <a href="http://niagarafallsundergroundrailroad.org/exhibitions/exhibit-design/">Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center</a> on May 4th, 2018. Bradberry hopes that the center will show the full story, from black waiters at hotels helping enslaved people escape while serving their enslavers with duplicitous professionalism to massive brawls breaking out between abolitionists and bounty hunters.</p><p>In this episode, Bradberry talks about situating previously unknown stories into our understanding of the Underground Railroad, discovering the lack of non-white faces in the museum world he has recently entered, and his plan to change that.</p><p>Guest:<br>Bill Bradberry</p><p>Topics Discussed: <br>00:00: Intro<br>00:15: Bill Bradberry<br>01:10: The Geography of Escape<br>02:05: <a href="http://niagarafallsundergroundrailroad.org/underground-railroad-sites/site-of-the-cataract-house/">The Cataract House Hotel</a><br>04:25: John Morrison<br>05:10: Historical Research<br>06:12: Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center Opening<br>07:10: The Lack of Non-White Faces in the Museum World<br>11:11: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/museumarchipelago">Introducing Club Archipelago</a> </p><p><em>Museum Archipelago is proud to announce <a href="http://museumarchipelago.com/about#club-archipelago">Club Archipelago</a>, a new, members-only podcast that reviews interactive museum exhibits. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/museumarchipelago">To subscribe, support the show on Patreon</a>.</em></p> Bill Bradberry, the President and Chairman of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Area Commission, thinks of the entire city of Niagara Falls, NY as an open crime scene from “the crime of holding people in bondage, and the man-made crime of trying to escape.” With Canada just across the Niagara river, the Commission conducts research on the Underground Railroad as it relates to Niagara Falls and the surrounding area — for some, the last terminus in the United States.

The Commission will open the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center on May 4th, 2018. Bradberry hopes that the center will show the full story, from black waiters at hotels helping enslaved people escape while serving their enslavers with duplicitous professionalism to massive brawls breaking out between abolitionists and bounty hunters.

In this episode, Bradberry talks about situating previously unknown stories into our understanding of the Underground Railroad, discovering the lack of non-white faces in the museum world he has recently entered, and his plan to change that.

Guest:
Bill Bradberry

Topics Discussed: 
00:00: Intro
00:15: Bill Bradberry
01:10: The Geography of Escape
02:05: The Cataract House Hotel
04:25: John Morrison
05:10: Historical Research
06:12: Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center Opening
07:10: The Lack of Non-White Faces in the Museum World
11:11: Introducing Club Archipelago 

Museum Archipelago is proud to announce Club Archipelago, a new, members-only podcast that reviews interactive museum exhibits. To subscribe, support the show on Patreon.

Support Museum Archipelago

]]> Bill Bradberry, the President and Chairman of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Area Commission, thinks of the entire city of Niagara Falls, NY as an open crime scene from “the crime of holding people in bondage, and the man-made crime of trying to escape.” With Canada just across the Niagara river, the Commission conducts research on the Underground Railroad as it relates to Niagara Falls and the surrounding area — for some, the last terminus in the United States.

The Commission will open the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center on May 4th, 2018. Bradberry hopes that the center will show the full story, from black waiters at hotels helping enslaved people escape while serving their enslavers with duplicitous professionalism to massive brawls breaking out between abolitionists and bounty hunters.

In this episode, Bradberry talks about situating previously unknown stories into our understanding of the Underground Railroad, discovering the lack of non-white faces in the museum world he has recently entered, and his plan to change that.

Guest:
Bill Bradberry

Topics Discussed: 
00:00: Intro
00:15: Bill Bradberry
01:10: The Geography of Escape
02:05: The Cataract House Hotel
04:25: John Morrison
05:10: Historical Research
06:12: Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center Opening
07:10: The Lack of Non-White Faces in the Museum World
11:11: Introducing Club Archipelago 

Museum Archipelago is proud to announce Club Archipelago, a new, members-only podcast that reviews interactive museum exhibits. To subscribe, support the show on Patreon.

Support Museum Archipelago

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