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FUNCTION FOLLOWS FORM; HOW MIXED USED SPACES IN MUSEUM BUILD COMMUNITY

This paper, published in Curator in 2001 (Curator 44/1, January 2001, pp 87-113) was written after I had carefully reread Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of the Great American City and real

THE FORWARD TO ROBERT JANES BOOK MUSEUMS IN A TROUBLED WORLD

MUSEUMS IN A TROUBLED WORLD is a book written by Robert Janes in 2009 and published by Routledge.  I was honored to be asked to write the forward.  It is called “A New Form of Fo

Not a Small World After All

In 1997, I was the keynot speaker for the New England Museums Conference in Hartford CT and gave this paper.  It represented a summary of the many issues I had learned by work with Native Amer

POROUS : AGGREGATION, DIS-AGGREGATION AND RE-AGGREGATION: How Michael Hulme’s writings on climate change can affect the way museums think of their own work.

In 2011 I was asked by Fiona Cameron to join a panel in Australia to comment on the work of Mike Hulme, a climate scientist who was now working on helping institutions understand how to present pub

Why are Children's Museums Museums?

A blog consideration about the special niche for Children’s Museums.

Linda Norris, The Uncatalogue Museum, A blog

Linda Norris is a museum consultant, author, teacher and general thinker whose work I admire.  Here is a blog posting where she mentions me but I would encourage you to read her many posts.&nb

A radio interview between Elaine Heumann Gurian and Carol Bossert on MuseumLife.

MuseumLife, an on air series produced by the Voice of America and hosted by Carol Bossert. October 11, 2013

Entitled Museum Musings.

Public Space: An article by Tillie Baker, A discussion about seating in the V&A and how it is used

Tillie Baker write in 2011 in the V&A Online Journal about seating and cites my work and many of my favorite authors about public space and museums responsibility.

Comfort and Connectivity: The Museum as Healer: a blog report of a thesis

This article is about healing and written by Anne Melton as part of her thesis.  The catalyst was a comment I made while being a guest lecturer.  It is a priviledge to spark the interest

Museum creating Garden to Feed the Homeless

Here is a NPR trascript of interview about Phillbrook Museum of Art electing to turn part of its formal garden into a food growing garden for a food kitch

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