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Featuring profiles of outreach & advocacy in cultural heritage

Month: April 2026

Posted on April 20, 2026April 20, 2026

Falling in Love with Harvard Art Museums’ Student Guide Program

by Sarah Kain

Torch stand (mash`al)  

Standing amidst a throng of happy couples on Valentine’s Day at the Harvard Art Museums, I listened to our student guide Diana read an English translation of the inscription on a 16th century …

Posted on April 19, 2026April 19, 2026

Learning and Play for All at the USS Constitution Museum’s Lego Maritime Festival

by Zoe Wennerholm


Visitors reach into bins of colorful Lego bricks.

At 10:30am on a cold, bright February morning, the education center at the USS
Constitution Museum was buzzing with quiet, determined concentration. Groups of children, parents, and grandparents sat …

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Archives Unboxed is hosted by the fine folks at Simmons College School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), and features profiles of outreach and advocacy work in the broad field of cultural heritage. Blog content is contributed by students in the MLIS graduate program as part of coursework for LIS476: Archives and Cultural Heritage Outreach. This blog was started in Fall 2017 and is managed by students and faculty at Simmons SLIS.

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