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Eat Your Heart Out
By: Ana Villegas ____________________________________ William Buckland (1784-1856) was an English Victorian-era geologist, the Dean of...
Ana Villegas
Jan 25, 2023

Climate Change in a Climate of Change: A ‘Sticky’ Situation in the UK
By: Ana Villegas ____________________________________ While analyzing the transformation of Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits into a museum,...
Ana Villegas
Aug 30, 2022


Are Memorials Inherently Controversial?: American and Japanese Commemoration of World War II
By: Ana Villegas ____________________________________ During the 1990s, the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War was...
Ana Villegas
Aug 9, 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

Deutschland: A Musings Abroad Special Edition
By: Molly Gosewich ____________________________________ As a part of generous funding I received from the Joint Initiative for German and...
Molly Gosewich
May 2, 2022

Live Update: The Crisis & Response of Cultural Institutions in Ukraine
By: Ana Villegas ____________________________________ On February 24th, 2022 at 6 a.m. Moscow Time or 03:00 GMT, Russian President...
Ana Villegas
Mar 4, 2022

The New Faith: Anti-Religious Museums in the Early Soviet Union
By: Ana Villegas ____________________________________ In the freezing White Sea, located off of Russia's far northern coast, is an...
Ana Villegas
Feb 21, 2022


Must Be the Season of The Witch (and the Occult and Magic)
By: Molly Gosewich ____________________________________ October occupies a special place in the Gregorian calendar... and in our hearts...
Molly Gosewich
Oct 31, 2021


What Even Is Jewish Art? Marc Chagall and the École de Paris at mahJ (Part II)
By: Molly Gosewich ____________________________________ Paris Through The Window Marc Chagall, 1913 In Part 1, I brought up the influence...
Molly Gosewich
Oct 8, 2021


What Even Is Jewish Art? Marc Chagall and The École de Paris at mahJ (Part I)
By: Molly Gosewich ____________________________________ How long has it been since the world effectively shut down? As restrictions...
Molly Gosewich
Oct 6, 2021

In The Darkroom: Exploring Tom of Finland's Enduring Influence
By: Molly Gosewich ____________________________________ "Whenever I was depressed or disgusted, I would feel him, that spirit inside,...
Molly Gosewich
Jul 13, 2021

Women's History Month: Women's Museum Far from Home
By: Jingshu Helen Yao ____________________________________ During March 2018, in honor of women’s history month, Musings editor Kristen...
Jingshu Helen Yao
Apr 5, 2021

Black Culinary Culture in Museums Around the World
By: Jingshu Helen Yao ____________________________________ February is Black History Month. As a member outside of this community, I...
Jingshu Helen Yao
Mar 5, 2021

Smell in Museums Around the World
By: Jingshu Helen Yao ____________________________________ With a new semester starting, I began several new courses. For Dr. Hooley...
Jingshu Helen Yao
Feb 10, 2021

What Is Not My Story To Tell
By: Jingshu Helen Yao ____________________________________ I took creative writing as my undergraduate minor and I was asked to submit a...
Jingshu Helen Yao
Nov 17, 2020

Seeking Happiness: A Peek at Museums About Happiness Around the World
By: Jingshu Helen Yao ____________________________________ Who doesn't want to be happy? For many years, psychologists have studied the...
Jingshu Helen Yao
Oct 27, 2020
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