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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 […]

2020-08-18T12:38:59-04:00Comments Off on Anne Bergeron Named Interim Director

DATA STORIES: Covid Audience Research

During Spring 2020, Susie Wilkening ran qualitative panels to assess audience attitudes towards museums during the pandemic. Research included virtual content, feeling safe at a reopened museum, and financial challenges. PDFs of the Data Story Infographics are available here.

2020-07-13T15:43:03-04:00Comments Off on DATA STORIES: Covid Audience Research

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 […]

2019-11-12T13:35:28-05:00Comments Off on David Ellis Honored with NEMA Excellence Award 2019

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 […]

2019-09-09T09:53:54-04:00Comments Off on Amparo Leyman Pino to Deliver Keynote at Tanween

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 […]
2019-03-13T08:21:12-04:00Comments Off on Exhibition Strategies Interview

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 […]

2019-01-24T15:50:54-05:00Comments Off on Montgomery Reflections, Part 1

Interim Director Spotlight

David Ellis has been named Interim Executive Director of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, MA, upon the retirement of their Director, Van Shields, and as the museum undertakes a national search for a successor. About his new assignment, David says:

I look forward to working with the Berkshire Museum at a difficult time and […]

2019-01-06T17:04:34-05:00Comments Off on Interim Director Spotlight
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