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All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go: The Smithsonian's Hidden Costume Collection
By: Kara Annett ____________________________________ Let's face the music and give this dress the attention it deserves. Source: The...
Kara Annett
Apr 20, 2023


I’ve Got These Little Things and She’s Got You: Inside the Museum of Broken Relationships
By: Kara Annett ____________________________________ My first heartbreak was at the ripe age of seven when I realized I could never be...
Kara Annett
Dec 26, 2022

Dracula’s North American Road Trip Extravaganza
By: Kara Annett ____________________________________ Happy Halloweek, dear readers! I hope you’re all enjoying obscene amounts of candy...
Kara Annett
Oct 31, 2022


Music for a Museum Exhibition
By: Kara Annett ____________________________________ In just five days, Scotia Bank Arena will become Harry’s House for two nights. You...
Kara Annett
Aug 11, 2022


Take a Walk Down 1905 Street With Me: A Love Letter to Fort Edmonton Park
By: Kara Annett ____________________________________ Happy summer, Musings readers! It’s been a while since we last spoke and I missed...
Kara Annett
Jul 21, 2022


Fishes and Elephants, and Spies. Oh My!: The Most Absurd Artifacts in the CIA's Museum
By: Ana Villegas ____________________________________ Did you know that the CIA has a museum? The idea of a museum came from former CIA...
Ana Villegas
Jun 11, 2022


Lessons from the Library of Alexandria
By: Sarah Cavaliere ____________________________________ Illustration of the ancient Library of Alexandria, Egypt. Courtesy of...
Musings MMSt Blog
Jun 11, 2022


Lights, Camera, Accession: The Collections of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
By: Kara Annett ____________________________________ The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Source. It’s officially my favourite season:...
Kara Annett
Mar 9, 2022


What's mine is mine and what's yours belongs to the British Museum
By: Kara Annett ____________________________________ While aimlessly scrolling through my Instagram feed a few days ago, something stood...
Kara Annett
Feb 9, 2022

Catherine The Great...Art Collector?
By: Kara Annett ____________________________________ The Art Connoisseur Herself. Source. Like many of my peers, I’m eagerly counting...
Kara Annett
Dec 6, 2021


Soap, Skin, and Skulls: Into the Macabre World of The Mütter Museum
By: Kara Annett ____________________________________ Some of the skulls at the Mütter Museum. Source. As we bid goodbye to October, I’m...
Kara Annett
Nov 1, 2021
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