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 …
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.…
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 …
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 …
Touch This Page! Exhibit
by Rachael Allen
“Ask yourself: what might it mean for reading—and knowledge—to be universally accessible? What would that look, feel, or sound like?” This is what the exhibit Touch This Page! Making Sense of the Ways We Read asks its …
Meet Nadia Dixson, City Archivist for the City of Somerville
by Jade Mejia
In my interview with Nadia Dixson, the City of Somerville’s archivist, we had an illuminating conversation on advocacy and the many ways it can be expressed. During our conversation we went over three main points: 1.) What …
Meet Vic Mastone, Director and Chief Archaeologist for the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources
by Emily Mathay
Victor T. Mastone (he insists you call him ‘Vic’) is an expert on shipwrecks. As Director and Chief Archaeologist for the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources (BUAR), he’s the one to call about any project involving …
Meet Stacie Williams, Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship at the University of Chicago
by Ashley Williams
From copy editor to Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship at the University of Chicago, Stacie Williams has had an exciting career journey filled with achievements and accolades. Stacie graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with …
Meet Molly Brown, Reference and Outreach Archivist at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
by Diana Beltrao de Macedo
Molly Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in History and English. During her undergraduate days, she completed an internship at a repository where she first discovered her passion for cultural heritage. Because of that, after her …