Museum Archipelago
Episodes
12. Dead Bodies in Museums Part 2
24 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Image: Lenin's mausoleum, Moscow. CC by Veni The American Association of Museums (AAM) has this to say about human remains in its code of ethics: “T...
11. Dead Bodies in Museums Part 1
22 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Image: A rendering of Minik in the New York World When Robert Peary brought six Inuits from Greenland back from his Arctic expedition, they landed in ...
10. Framework For Engaging with Art
04 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
At an art museum, would you rather listen to a detailed guided tour or just enjoy the art without any interpretative support? Are you more comfortable...
9. The Museum Selfie with Dustin Growick
11 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Growick (https://twitter.com/DustinGrowick) is in charge of audience development and the team lead for science at Museum Hack (https://museumha...
8. Calatrava and the Museum Icon
10 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we visit two museum works by architect Santiago Calatrava: the Prince Felipe Museum of Science in Valencia, Spain and the Milwaukee Art Mus...
7. What Happens to Dead Amusement Parks?
27 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Most of the time, nothing.This week, special guest Carole Sanderson of the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives describes the process and chall...
6. Muzeiko
01 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Until Muzeiko opened in Sofia, Bulgaria on October 1st 2015, there were no children’s museums in the Balkans. One of the reasons for the lack o...
5. StalinWorld
24 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Image: Monika Bernotas and her family interact with statues of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin that were previously located in the cities of Lithu...
4. Bison Hunt on Horseback
27 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Built in 1966, the Bison Hunt on Horseback diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum is a throwback to an older style of exhibit, without projectors or s...
3. Museum Authority in a World of User-Generated Content with Seb Chan
05 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As one of the nation's most-trusted category of institutions, museums project an enormous amount of authority over their subject matter. In this episo...
2. Labels
15 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Early 20th century cartoons showed exhausted visitors craning their necks to read labels and stopping over to examine artifacts. What's the story 100 ...
1. Lobby
03 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The lobby is where you transform from an ordinary person into a museum visitor. In this first episode of Museum Archipelago, host Ian Elsner introduce...