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    Museum Details: Germany’s Forgotten Genocide

    A piece of Germany's past it wishes it could forget was just discovered in the American Museum of Natural History.

    September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 by Marissa Walker

    Museum Details: Speaking with Silence

    One museum navigates the exceedingly difficult task of simultaneously remaining true to its subject matter and its mission.

    April 14, 2017April 17, 2017 by Marissa Walker

    Museum Details: Horror of India’s Colonization Warrants Exposure

    Scholars are calling for the continuing study of the British colonization of India. But where will such scholarship find a home?

    March 16, 2017March 16, 2017 by Marissa Walker

    Empowering the Inconvenient: An Examination of Parisian Democratic Theater

    Democracy is Paris’ lifeblood. Democratic ideals are built into the city’s architecture. But does that make all performances in these spaces democratic?

    February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 by Marissa Walker

    Museum Details: A Weekly Industry Quote

    When President Trump responds to Anti-Semitism proactively and in real time, and without pleas and pressure, that's when we'll be able to say this President has turned… Read more "Museum Details: A Weekly Industry Quote"

    February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 by Marissa Walker

    Is Shia LaBeouf Our Patronus? A Museum Struggles with Digital Free Speech

    When the radical freedom of the internet is applied to a linear platform, shit gets weird.

    February 13, 2017February 14, 2017 by Marissa Walker

    #MuseumsResist: Museums Continue the Fight for Social Justice Online

    Actual reality: political museum mobilization is gaining steam.

    February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 by Marissa Walker

    The Resistance is Us: Museums Get In Formation

    Star Wars references are becoming increasingly difficult to avoid in discussing institutional opposition the current political landscape.

    January 30, 2017February 8, 2017 by Marissa Walker

    American Culture Responds: Museums, Art & the Trump Inauguration

    Will the Trump inauguration be met with cultural appeasement?

    January 20, 2017 by Marissa Walker

    Beauty & Pain: The Bizarre Love Triangle of Art, Abuse, and the Museum

    Museums are institutions concerned with the protection of human rights. But what happens when those rights are violated for the sake of art?

    December 4, 2016December 4, 2016 by Marissa Walker

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