Highlighting Museums

A good friend passed along this link last week, to the NY Times' special section on museums. Definitely worth a click through to browse the list of interesting articles about various aspects of the museum world. My favorites at present?

• The New Guard of Curators Steps Up: "Far from the stereotype of fusty academics, curators in their 30s and 40s are bringing eclectic backgrounds and a fresh eye to Manhattan’s museums."

• Out of Ruin, Haiti's Visionaries: "Many of Haiti’s museums were damaged in the country’s earthquake, but an exhibition scheduled there for 2012 hopes to revive the fortunes of the country’s creators."

• On Safari, Off the Beaten Path in Kansas: "A museum dedicated to Martin and Osa Johnson — explorers and household names in the 1920s and ’30s — is finding relevance today."

• Don't Think of Them as Mausoleums: "Restaurants and events are attracting increasing numbers of visitors to museums despite the economic downturn."

Museums in the News

Haven't done a museum news round-up in awhile. As per usual, all news from the NY Times. Enjoy!

• Et Tu, British Museum? Coin Commemorating Caesar’s Murder Goes on Display

• Switzerland’s Quirky Transportation Museum

• Museum Sets Grand Stage for Strings and Horns

• Louisiana Museum Confronts Segregation

• Take This Museum and Shape It

Museums of Innocence and Bad Art

(Image from the collection of the Museum of Bad Art)

I found an interesting article the other day via Museumist. Called "The Museum of Innocence and Other Bizarre Art Houses," it highlights a few of the more unusual museums in the U.S., Mexico, and France. Lo and behold - it mentions the Museum of Bad Art, just down the road in Boston. Must make a trip soon . . . Work like the piece above (titled "See Battle") is not to be missed!