We finally opened our newest exhibit Living the Impossible this week. Over a week later than our promoted opening date 😬. The exhibit discusses the history, the development and the construction of the San Diego & Arizona Railway as this year is the 100th year since it’s completion. It was a bit like Murphy’s law…
Tag: Museums
Whitewashing and Otherizing in U.S History
As you read in my last post I traveled to New Orleans for the annual AAM conference. Fortunately, my husband and I were able to enjoy a couple days of exploring just before the conference started. During this time, we visited several museums. A couple of which we had visited the last time we had…
Digesting the American Alliance of Museum’s 2019 Conference
Earlier this week I had the great opportunity to attend AAM’s annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana this year. My first time attending the largest conference for the museum field. Initially I was a bit overwhelmed by the amount of people (hello, I’m an introvert by nature) and the amount of booths in the expo…
Perseverance Pays Off
I am always fascinated by how life can move at such unexpected speeds. The week after my birthday was a bit of a whirlwind. I had a job interview for a collections assistant position, was offered the job and then went on vacation for a week. It has taken me almost a year since we…
Immersive and Participatory Experiences
On Wednesday this week I had the pleasure of spending my 30th birthday at Wonderspaces, a pop up museum that comes to San Diego during the Summer. I visited Wonderspaces last year with my husband and son, and we were very impressed. This year the pop up features 15 artists. A photograph of the list…
Ramblings of A Museum Professional 