by Vanessa Formato
All these fruits are dying. Wisps of grey mold stretch out from the bottom of a sickly, shriveled strawberry. Plums blush an unnatural shade of teal. A pockmarked peach hangs from a branch, the bark discolored, its …
Historic Congressional Cemetery has Gone to the Dogs: How Dog Owners Saved a Historic Cemetery
by Mattie Clear
The Historic Congressional Cemetery has gone to the dogs, in all the best ways. Before the wonders of the Washingtonians and their ingenuity can be appreciated, one must know the story of this small, but important cemetery. …
The Rainbow Arcade at Schwules Museum
by Jonathan Fryerwood
The RAINBOW ARCADE exhibition hosted at the Schwules Museum in Berlin presented itself as the first major exhibition of queer content in video games. The event ran from December 2018 to May of this year. The project …
Saving Sheldon Jackson
How Alaskan advocacy gives the Sheldon Jackson Museum a fighting chance in the face of imminent peril
By Karen Trop
IN EARLY MARCH 2019, word spread across the state of Alaska that newly incumbent Governor Michael Dunleavy was trying …
Meet Caitlin Jones, Reference Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives
by Ashley Thomas
The postmodern structure housing the Massachusetts Archives, shares the short jut of land that is Columbia Point with fellow institution, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and the UMass Boston campus. Located inside the building’s …
Meet Douglas Perkins, Associate Director of the Middlebury College Museum of Art
by Lindsay Olsen
When you’ve already been a cyclist, a bartender, and a graphic designer, where do you find your next challenge? For Douglas Perkins, it was at his alma mater, Middlebury College, an historic liberals arts school nestled in …
And The Winner Is…: The Junto’s March Madness Bracket
by Kara Adams
Who doesn’t enjoy a little friendly competition? That’s the principle behind the annual March Madness bracket hosted by early American history blog The Junto. Run by graduate students and junior faculty, The Junto was started in 2012 …
The Library Innovation Lab at Harvard University
by Jade Mejia
Overview
According to their website, the Library Innovation Lab is “a dynamic group of thinkers and doers working to make libraries better by exploring the countless, dimly lit pathways that connect libraries to the larger world.” The …
Repair// Heal: Mending the Self: Our Healing at the RISD Museum
by Rivi Feinsilber
Museum spaces are no longer a place of just observing objects; they are now a place for creating and interacting with them. This is particularly true at the Rhode Island School of Design’s Museum (RISD Museum). The …
Meet Suanna Selby Crowley, “Dr. Dirt”, President of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society
by Robert Sanford
“I really want to change the ‘clubhouse.’”
Suanna Crowley and I met at the Diesel Cafe in Somerville for what would be a 
two-hour interview. The week prior, I had sent an email with five questions about …