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Anne Bergeron Named Interim Director

Anne Bergeron was recently named the interim deputy director of the Institute and Museum of California Art at University of California, Irvine. She joins inaugural museum director Kim Kanatani in guiding the development of a new art museum and research institute for the benefit of the campus and regional community. The museum […]

2020-08-18T12:38:59-04:000 Comments
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David Ellis Honored with NEMA Excellence Award 2019

The New England Museum Association is proud to honor its colleagues’ extraordinary effort and commitment to the New England museum community. TMGer David Ellis was recognized at this year’s NEMA conference in their sixth annual Excellence Awards competition. 

Ellis served as President and Director of the Museum of […]

2019-11-12T13:35:28-05:000 Comments
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Amparo Leyman Pino to Deliver Keynote at Tanween

In mid-October, Amparo Leyman Pino will be one of the keynote speakers of Tanween at the King Abdul Aziz Centre for World Culture (Ithra), in Saudi Arabia. Tanween is Ithra’s annual Creativity Season. It is an event filled with inspirational talks, seminars, workshops, exhibitions, installations and activities for all ages, covering science, art and innovation.

Tanween […]

2019-09-09T09:53:54-04:000 Comments
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Exhibition Strategies Interview

Darcie Fohrman was interviewed by Emily Saich, Monterey Bay Aquarium Senior Manager of Exhibition Projects, for her Exhibition Strategies class at John Hopkins University, Master of Arts in Museum Studies.
This course introduces the diverse strategies and approaches used in exhibition planning, development and implementation. It asks students to think critically about exhibitions […]
2019-03-13T08:21:12-04:000 Comments
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Montgomery Reflections, Part 1

GO TO MONTGOMERY.

Now. This year.
Don’t put it off. Don’t put it on a list.
Make your plans. Find a way.

Sixteen members of The Museum Group chose to go to Montgomery for our winter meeting, so we could experience the new Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace & Justice together.

Visiting and thinking deeply about museums is […]

2019-01-24T15:50:54-05:000 Comments
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Get the Facts: Download Museums & Public Opinion 2017

Museums & Public Opinion 2017 examines the responses of more than 2,000 Americans to the following four questions:

  • Are museums educational for children and adults in their communities?
  • Do you think that museums contribute to their community’s economy?
  • If an elected official took legislative action to support museums in your community, how […]
2018-05-01T21:06:40-04:000 Comments
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Gurian to Sit on Architectural Panel for New Museum in Ukraine

In February, Elaine Heumann Gurian will sit on the Jury Colloquium to judge the winners of the Design Competition for the National Memorial for the Heavenly Hundred Heroes and Revolution of Dignity Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine. She received a Fulbright to work with this museum, which will display documentation of the revolution, […]

2018-01-17T14:07:18-05:000 Comments
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Assessing Museum Impact Initiative

David Ellis and Laura Roberts, along with colleagues John Jacobsen and George Hein, are the project team for Assessing Museum Impact (AMI), a year-long initiative with the New England Museum Association. They are working with eight museums in eastern New England to sharpen their thinking about goals and intended impacts, identify metrics that might demonstrate […]

2017-12-11T18:31:15-05:000 Comments
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