As many readers know I was in India from mid-July to early August this year, teaching a museum studies class for the National Council of Science Museums masters program in Kolkata. My co-teacher Karen Lee of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and I also had a chance to travel north to Dehradun and Mussoori…
The recent series of events, from Ferguson to Cleveland and New York, have created a watershed moment. Things must change. New laws and policies will help, but any movement toward greater cultural and racial understanding and communication must be supported by our country’s cultural and educational infrastructure. Museums are a part of this educational…
Last week I used my 10 euro week-long pass to visit the museums involved in the city of Nice’s celebration of the artist Henri Matisse. “Nice 2013: A Summer for Matisse” features eight exhibitions in as many museums, each focusing on some aspect of the painter’s enormous oeuvre. My husband and I made it to…