by Sarah Kain
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 …
Learning and Play for All at the USS Constitution Museum’s Lego Maritime Festival
by Zoe Wennerholm
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 …
Reaching Out to Readers: “We Read Banned Books!”
by Samantha Pickering
Book banning is a growing issue in the United States, as narrow-minded people attempt to exclude certain titles from library shelves, an assault on which communities and stories are allowed to exist in public. This movement has …
“Let’s Pull Open Some Boxes!”: Exploring Boston’s Queer Community Archives with Matisse DuPont
by Sarah L. Leonard
Walking into The History Project, an LGBTQ+ community archives in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, one can’t help but notice the location. Their cozy fourth-floor space sits adjacent to Trinity Church and the Boston Public Library, imposing …
Visiting Italy From Your Living Room: A Virtual Tour of the Moretti Caselli Stained Glass Museum
by Erin Kelley
Italy is home to many incredible museums and cultural heritage sites, some quite famous, others lesser known. One of these smaller sites, located in the city of Perugia, is the Moretti Caselli Stained Glass Museum. The outreach …
A Free Visit to Boston’s Museum of African American History
by David Donnan
The sun felt warm for what seemed like the first time since November as I power walked up the brick sidewalk to Boston’s Museum of …
The Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Self-Guided Walking Tour
by Noelle Stockwell
With the changing weather and blooming fall foliage, I love going to the state parks and forests controlled and maintained by Massachusetts’ Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Looking at the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State …
What the Water Knows
by Katie Kerekes
Tucked off to the side of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, past the condos and tennis courts, is the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum. This beautiful stone building is the former High Service Pumping Station, which pumped water from the …
#ColorOurCollections
by Mara Gregory
If you have ever secretly wanted to draw in a library book (or are actually guilty of doing so) #ColorOurCollections, an annual social media campaign hosted by the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) Library, will …
Books Unbanned at the Brooklyn Public Library
by Klara Pokrzywa
The Brooklyn Public Library’s Books Unbanned was created as a response to the American Library Association’s report on book banning in 2021. That year saw the greatest number of book challenges and bans since the ALA began …