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The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum is commemorating three anniversaries in 2017: the 200-year anniversary of the first attack of the Seminole War, the 60th anniversary of federal recognition of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the 20th anniversary of the opening of the museum.Carrie Dilley, Visitor Services and Development Manager at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki museum, compiles data collected from visitors. Last year, she discovered that visitors from one third of countries visited the museum, including a surprising number of Europeans. In this episode, Carrie discusses possible reasons behind the visitation numbers, some museum goals for the next year, and Seminole history. Topics Discussed:00:00: Intro00:14: Carrie Dilley00:48: Three anniversaries in 201703:30: Overall Visitation Numbers04:44: What a Wonderful World Blog Post05:25: Why the interest from Europe in general and in particular?07:30: Museum guides in multiple languages08:00: How much do Europeans know about general American history?10:30: New exhibits on the wayGuest:Carrie Dilley, Visitor Services and Development Manager at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki museum.

The Lonely Palette is the best museum podcast out there. Host Tamar Avishai wants to make art more accessible and to help people feel more comfortable talking about what they see in museums. She uses her experience as a Spotlight Lecturer at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston as a jumping off point for her relaxed and unconventional approach to art history. Topics discussed:00:00 Intro00:16 Tamar Avishai00:29 The Lonely Palette01:26 Museum education as a recent addition to the museum experience02:04 Museum education making visitors feel welcome02:49 Spotlight lectures at the MFA04:14 A tour nobody asked for06:05 The intro, by museum guests, in the Lonely Palette10:10 The problem with audio guidesGuest:Tamar Avishai  

National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) opened in September 2016. Today we will talk to some of the people who were thinking about the museum in 2007.Sara Smith and Andrew Anway were part of the Interpretive Planing team. They discuss NMAAHC director Lonnie Bunch's guiding principals for the museum as a whole, trips to other museums during the planning process, and the mission to show that what is happening in culture today is rooted in the past.Topcis Discussed: 00:00: Intro00:30: Sara Smith and Andy Anway01:12: National Museum of the American Indian02:59: Guiding Principles of NMAAHC06:59: Drawing Connections to the Past08:50: Where in History Does the Museum Start? 09:44: The Museum Today11:24: Getting The Museum BuiltGuests:Sara Smith & Andrew Anway

Curator Rainey Tisdale sees two possible futures for museums: they play a more interdisciplinary role for their audiences or keep going down the same path they're on, becoming less and less relevant each year.Why should it be the job of the museum to enter the domain of other traditional institutions? And how can museums engage the public in new ways? By bringing together brain, body and spirit.Notes:- City Stories- @raineytisdale

Lenin's mausoleum, Moscow. CC by Veni The American Association of Museums (AAM) has this to say about human remains in its code of ethics: “The unique and special nature of human remains and funerary and sacred objects is recognized as the basis of all decisions concerning such collections collections-related activities promote the public good rather than individual financial gain.” When AAM uses the word “special,” it means that every instance of a dead body is special, not a special body from a special person. What is different about displaying the everyman?In the second half of this two part series about dead bodies, we look at how cultures view their own dead from museums to mausoleums. We explore the Body Worlds exhibits, which bring visitors face-to-face with dozens of dead bodies, all identifying markers removed. We also discuss a landfill in Staten Island, where much of the sorting of museum artifacts and human remains from rubble took place after the September 11 attacks. NOTES: Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York EskimoRegarding the Dead: Human Remains in the British Museum - The British Museum creates guidelines for displaying dead bodies. Code of Ethics for Museums - AAM

A rendering of Minik in the New York World When Robert Peary brought six Inuits from Greenland back from his Arctic expedition, they landed in the care of the American Museum of Natural History. Among these people were an eight year old boy named Minik and his father Qisuk.After Qisuk became ill and died, the museum staged a fake burial and put his remains in the museum as artifacts. This is part one of a two-part series on dead bodies in museums.NOTES: Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo - The work on which most of this episode is based. Regarding the Dead: Human Remains in the British Museum - The British Museum creates guidelines for displaying dead bodies. American Experience . Minik, The Lost Eskimo | PBS

Creative Commons Image courtesy of lawrence's lenses on Flickr At an art museum, would you rather listen to a detailed guided tour or just enjoy the art without any interpretative ? Are you more comfortable visiting with a friend, or do you prefer being in a group of interested strangers?  The Dallas Museum of Art has determined that visitors fall into one of four clusters, based on their preferred learning styles. While she was director of the museum, Bonnie Pitman applied the results of the survey to make the museum more engaging to all types of visitors.In this episode, we take a look at the four clusters, analyze the study, and talk to Bonnie Pitman.Notes: Ignite the Power of Art: Advancing Visitor Engagement in Museums (Dallas Museum of Art Publications) by Bonnie Pitman and Ellen HirzyDallas Museum of Art: HomeDallas Museum of Art on TwitterFramework for Engaging with Art | Dallas Museum of Art 

A photo posted by Museum Hack (@museumhack) on Oct 3, 2014 at 5:50am PDT Dustin Growick of Museum Hack finds that selfies can create a personally engaging experience within the context of a museum.

This week, we visit two museum works by architect Santiago Calatrava: the Prince Felipe Museum of Science in Valencia, Spain and the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, USA. Both museums look nothing like the museum icon on maps and in mapping programs. Do these facades have anything to say about about what the museum icon might look like in 50 years? Do these buildings even make good museums?Notes: Santiago Calatrava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCity of Arts and Sciences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMilwaukee Art Museum | Museum Info

Most of the time, nothing.This week, special guest Carole Sanderson of the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives describes the process and challenges of documenting the entertainment industry.Notes:Six Flags New Orleans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNational Roller Coaster Museum: WelcomeMatterhorn Bobsleds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSpecial thanks to Carole Sanderson

Until Muzeiko opened in Sofia, Bulgaria on October 1st 2015, there were no children’s museums in the Balkans. One of the reasons for the lack of children’s museums was a cultural attitude towards childhood education during communist times, according to Vessela Gercheva, the Programs and Exhibits Director for Muzeiko.In this episode, Museum of Museums visits Muzeiko to find a shifting attitude towards children's education. Notes:Muzeiko - Official SiteA Children’s Museum Comes to Bulgaria - NYT

Monika Bernotas and her family interact with statues of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin that were previously located in the cities of Lithuania at Grutas park. Go to the central square of any Soviet influenced country like Lithuania, and you will find empty pedestals.The pedestals used hold monuments to Soviet leaders. Where there once were statues of Lenin and Stalin, you now find overgrown bushes and pop-up cell phone stores. Where are the statues now? In Lithuania, they are in a pseudo-theme park called Gr?tas Park or, unofficially, Stalin World.With special guest Monika Bernotas.Notes and Links: Grutas Park and the Fate of Soviet Statuary in LithuaniaGr?tas Park - WikipediaMusic composed by Adam Emanon from his album for rest (2008). Used under a Creative Commons licence.  

Built in 1966, the Bison Hunt on Horseback diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum is a beautiful throwback to an older style of exhibit, without projectors or screens.This week, Dr. Ellen Censky, Senior Vice President and Academic Dean at the Milwaukee Public Museum, talks about the diorama and modern exhibit design.

As you empty your pockets, how you lay their contents on the table reflects how you value their differences and interpret their functions. When we go into a museum, we trust that objects are laid out across the table with some expertise. Who gets to decide where the objects go? Should visitors ever have that authority?This week, special guest Seb Chan, Director of Digital & Emerging Technologies at Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, s Ian to talk about museum authority against the backdrop of the web.

Early 20th century cartoons showed exhausted visitors craning their necks to read labels and stopping over to examine artifacts. 100 years later, have we made progress?Shownotes: Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach by Beverly SerrellMUSEUM FATIGUE, 1928, JAMA

The lobby is where you transform from an ordinary person into a museum visitior.