Tag Archives: Freer/Sackler

People of the Coloring Book

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Laura

Last year, a dear friend of mine bought me a coloring book for adults. We worked on the first page of it together, but since then I had not set out to finish it, and have left most of the … Continue reading →

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Museum Objects Celebrating Religious Freedom

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Laura

You know those “Coexist” bumper stickers? They are objects of our time, but the idea is an old (and woefully under-realized) one. Yesterday I visited the Sackler Gallery, so that I could gawk like a fangirl at the Cyrus Cylinder, … Continue reading →

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Museum Education Students’ Museum Field Trips: Fourth Semester

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Laura

Two courses completed my final semester of graduate school at GWU: Proposal Writing and Museum Evaluation. This time, our cohort of 15 divided into two groups, and each group wrote a grant proposal and conducted an evaluation study for local … Continue reading →

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Museum Education Students’ Museum Field Trips: First Semester

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Laura

Museum education students spend a lot of time thinking about museum field trips – typically, the visits undertaken by busloads of schoolchildren. But what about the museum education students themselves? In the Museum Education Program at George Washington University, we … Continue reading →

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Cherry Blossom Festival

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Laura

We are experiencing the end of the time of year that Washington, DC loves to hate: when tourists stand on the left of escalators and pollen saturates the air. But do we really hate the Cherry Blossom Festival? Can we … Continue reading →

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Washington Post’s Free and Easy 3/19-25

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Laura

The Cherry Blossom Festival officially starts this week, and the Washington Post’s recommended free event for Saturday, 3/24 is a day of related activities at the Freer and Sackler Galleries. Other recommended museum events are the opening of a new … Continue reading →

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Washington Post’s Free and Easy 2/20-26

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Laura

Happy Presidents’ Day and Mardi Gras! Free events this week include a Persian harp performance at the Freer Gallery on Wednesday 2/22, a movie screening at the National Archives on Friday 2/24, an information session on Civil War reenactment at … Continue reading →

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Washington Post’s Free and Easy 2/13-19

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Laura

This week’s recommended free events include a talk at Carlyle House on Wednesday 2/15 and the Iranian Film Festival at the Freer Gallery on Sunday 2/19. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Halloween and Dia de los Muertos at the Museum

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Laura

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 →

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