Kate Boylan, the Director of Archives and Digital Initiatives at Wheaton College, describes her job as having “all the irons in all of the fires.” Among her many duties she oversees digital preservation, manages the Wheaton College Digital Repository, teaches …
“Can We Talk?”: The Jewish Women’s Archives Monthly Podcast
by Ashley Williams
“Can We Talk” is a podcast put on by the Jewish Women’s Archive. The JWA is 
an organization based in Brookline, Massachusetts that is dedicated to the celebration and documentation of Jewish women and Jewish feminism. Their …
Francophonie 2019 Launch at The French Cultural Center
by Clara Snyder
Tucked away in the heart of Boston’s historic neighborhood of Back Bay is the French Cultural Center, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide French language instruction and cultural programs for the Greater Boston Area and …
Meet the Museum of Fine Art’s Late Nites: The Most Interesting Party in Boston
by Ashley Thomas
Based upon social media popularity (over 11,000 interested attendees on Facebook for the March 15, 2019 event), you might suspect the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)’s Late Nite program was a well-established staple in Boston’s cultural scene.…
Meet Scott Wands, Manager of Grants and Programs at Connecticut Humanities
by Alli Smith
Scott Wands is an advocate. He advocates for humanities programming at institutions across Connecticut. He advocates for building strong relationships with and within in the community. He advocates for rolling with the punches. In fact, he just …
Death, Corsets, and Opera, Oh My!: Nichols After Dark Events at the Nichols House Museum
by Jasmine Bonanca
In March of 1902, the Nichols family hosted a performance by Metropolitan Opera singer Louise Homer in their home on Beacon Hill. More than 100 years later, the Nichols family’s home, now the Nichols House Museum, brought …
Out Books on Wheels at the Sexual Minority Archives
by Maureen Coleman
The Sexual Minorities Archive (SMA) is in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The archive is a small community archive and is housed in a large pink house, dubbed the Pink Lady. The Pink Lady has multiple floors that are filled …
@TheMERL
by Gaia Cloutier
On April 9, 2018 the Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) tweeted an image of an extremely fat and woolly Exmoor Horn ram, captioning the image “look at this absolute unit.” The Internet went wild. The …
The National Museum Lives!
by Diana Beltrao de Macedo
The National Museum of Brazil was founded in 1818 by Dom Joao VI. Initially called Royal Museum and located at Rio de Janeiro, the space was created with the purpose of stimulating the scientific knowledge …
Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
by Hannah Elder
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was created as the vision of its founder and namesake. Isabella Stewart Gardner created the museum as an aesthetic space, surrounding visitors with beauty and inviting them to think about the ways …