Director's Issues

Council on Museums and Education in the Visual Arts., Barbara Y. Newsom, and Adele Z. Silver. The Art Museum as Educator : A Collection of Studies as Guides to Practice and Policy.

“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.”1
“It is unrealistic to expect any major museum to venture out on the limb alone.2

This powerpoint is about multiple theories aka as taxonomies.  It hopefully allows the reader to connect with multiple ideas and understand that museums are complex places that deserve multipl

This project “Boston Stories” is the work of many people, mostly alumni of the Boston Children’s Museum during the 1970’s onward.

The link to the uploadable paper appears below.

The link for this paper appears below this paragraph.

I wrote this power point slide set for the beginning conversation with boards of directors intent on starting a new museum.

• This power point was written an introduction to the issue of Timeliness and Relevance in museums especially in museum exhibitions and programs.

This  power point was written to help boards of directors and staff who are in the midst of museum construction and other fundamental changes understand, prepare and survive such changes.