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Tag Archives: Torpedo Factory
Living Art Museums
What does a living museum look like? There are natural science sites that have living collections: zoos, aquariums, arboretums, parks, botanic gardens, and nature centers. Specimens are not mounted in a frame and cared for by conservators. Rather, they live, … Continue reading
Posted in Museum Visits (Other)
Tagged Artisphere, community art space, living art museum, MD, Torpedo Factory, VA, VisArts
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Museum Education Students’ Museum Field Trips: Second Semester
In fall 2009, I had a two-day-per-week internship paired with a weekly seminar on learning theory, as well as two other courses: Museum Audiences and American Folklife. The internship consisted of spending 16 hours a week immersing myself in a … Continue reading
Posted in Museum Visits (Other), Museums and Holidays, Newseum, Photos
Tagged Christmas, DC, Discovery Theater, historic house of worship, holidays, libraries, Library of Congress, MD, Mormon Temple Visitors Center, museum, Museum Education Program, national park, Newseum, parks, Ripley Center, Rock Creek Park, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Torpedo Factory, VA, Washington National Cathedral
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Halloween and Dia de los Muertos at the Museum
Happy fall holidays! Halloween Several area museums are hosting Halloween-themed events, including parties and trick-or-treating, and I won’t list them all here. Instead, I want to highlight a few special programs that both celebrate Halloween and reinforce the museum’s mission. … Continue reading
Posted in Museums and Holidays, National Zoological Park
Tagged DC, Dia de los Muertos, Freer/Sackler, Halloween, holidays, MD, museum, National Building Museum, National Museum of Health and Medicine, National Museum of the American Indian, National Zoo, Smithsonian, Torpedo Factory, VA, zoo
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A Visit to the Museum… Restroom?
Museums have exhibit space, and they have restrooms. But why not use restrooms as exhibit space, even if just for an image or two on the wall? The Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park doesn’t have any animals living in the restroom, … Continue reading
Posted in National Zoological Park, Newseum
Tagged arboretum, community art space, Cylburn Arboretum, museum, National Zoo, Newseum, Smithsonian, Torpedo Factory, zoo
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