While researching virtual museum exhibits for this week’s blog post, I quickly began flashing back to the first few months of COVID. During that time I was working for the Girl Scouts and trying to organize some virtual programming in the absence of summer camp and I often would have the kids visit virtual museums…
Read MoreFor this week’s assignment, I decided to focus my research on Brown Bears. I chose Brown Bears simply because every time I exit my cubicle area there is a rather prominent Brown Bear outside my door. I don’t actually know too much about bears, I know they are in Alaska and I know they love…
Read MoreFor this assignment, I will be looking at the Russian Muzzleloader and the Lynx donated by a local trapper. For both objects, I will consider several of the agents of deterioration which are: physical forces, thieves/vandals, fire, water, pests, pollutants, light, incorrect temperature, incorrect relative humidity, custodial neglect, and disassociation. The Russian Muzzleloader is a…
Read MoreOne object that I have become quite familiar with since arriving in Fairbanks is in Arctos as UA2020-008-0001, and is better known as Bus 142. Accession: The politics around Bus 142 often drown out the information on how Bus 142 arrived at UAMN. Most people would be surprised to find that Bus 142 was created…
Read MoreThe obstacles to having live collections seems to begin quickly and never end! It makes me think back to being very young and asking my parents if we could get a dog. The answer to this question usually involved “you will have to take care of it everyday, multiple times a day, for its’ entire…
Read MoreWow! What an interesting module and discussion we have been able to have this week. How collections end up at museums is something that rarely crossed my mind until arriving at the Museum of the North. I will be honest, like many museum visitors I think I was under the naive thought that museums must…
Read MoreOne of my favorite museums in the DC area is the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. It’s a place with infinite opportunities to learn and reflect. It’s a great place to visit by yourself, and spend a day immersing yourself in the museum. It’s also one of the free D.C museums, however, it is not part…
Read MoreAs we learned in this module, there are many types of museums. When I think of natural history museums I tend to think of museums that cover a blanket topic for a specific area. They cover topics of animals, plants, land, people, and culture for one place. Living in Washington, DC for almost a decade…
Read MoreMy ideal museum job is in marketing/communications! Lucky for me that is what I am currently doing at UAMN. My undergrad degree is in Public Relations and Strategic Communications and I have always gravitated to science-based institutions. There are a few reasons why I really enjoy PR and comms work in the museum world. I…
Read MoreAs we learned early on in class, a museum is an organized, permanent, nonprofit institution that serves both an educational and aesthetic purpose. A museum has a professional staff that cares for tangible objects and presents them to the public in a way that will make sense to visitors. I would argue that museums are…
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