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Museums and Sandy: More Than a Power Disconnect?

I’m interrupting the series of posts I’d planned on next steps for museum educators to reflect a bit about Superstorm Sandy and museums. A few days after the storm, I saw a notice from the New York Public Library that it was working to re-establish power in all of its branches, and as each one opened,…

November 14, 2012 in MCN2012, museums and community, museums and empathy, the empathetic museum, Timeliness.

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