Museum Voices from India: Why I Want to Be a Science Museum Professional  

  I want to “be a part of place that doesn’t just spread knowledge  but pulls the string of science cord in everyone.”  Itisha Once again my colleague Karen Lee of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and I are teaching in the MT in Science Communication program for the National Council of Science…

See You in Baltimore?

I’ll be at the annual conference of the American Alliance of Museums in Baltimore, MD from May 19 through 22.  If you are attending, please say hello, especially if we haven’t met before. If you are a regular reader of this blog you may be interested in a couple of sessions that I’ll be chairing:…

More Voices from India: The Challenge for Indian Science Museums

 In my last post  I published the comments of five students on their motivations for entering the museum profession. I’m in Kolkata, India, teaching “Science Learning in Non Formal Settings” with my colleague Karen Lee as part of the MS in Science Communication program run by the National Council of Science Museums.  This post features…

Museum Voices from India

I’m in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, teaching a course on Science Learning in Non Formal Settings with my colleague Karen Lee. This course is part of the MS in Science Communication program created by the National Council of Science Museums, a consortium of over 20 science museums throughout India.  About half the class consists of current staff members of…

Incorporating the Visitor Voice – It’s Hard No Matter Where You Are. Can Social Media Help?

Karen Lee and I with our 2011 students after a prototyping session at Science City, Kolkata Teaching and learning in India Toward the end of June I’ll be traveling to India with Karen Lee, a former colleague who continues to work at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.  Since 2009 Karen and I have…