J Marshall Adams

I'm a museum leader and champion for engaging people in fun & meaningful cultural experiences. I thrive by always learning & always looking forward.

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Museums could be powerful, liberatory spaces if they let go of their colonial practices - RaceBaitr
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Machu Picchu
'It would destroy it': new international airport for Machu Picchu sparks outrage
The Guardian
Among the Inca archeological sites that abound in Peru, none draw nearly as many tourists as the famed citadel of Machu Picchu. There were more than 1.5 million visitors in 2017, almost double the limit
Students
What It Felt Like
slate.com - By Rebecca Onion
If “living history” role-plays in the classroom can so easily go wrong, why do teachers keep assigning them? Ohio, 2011: A teacher assigned an …
Salaries & Wages
Salary Survey 2019
aamd.org
AAMD has completed its 2019 Salary Survey, which includes responses from 208 museums in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and covers more than …
Museums
MOCA receives a $10-million gift to make admission free
Los Angeles Times - Deborah Vankin
The Museum of Contemporary Art has announced that it will make admission free — a switch made possible by $10-million gift from MOCA Board of Trustees President Carolyn Powers. Powers made the announcement
European Union
European Ministers adopt Declaration on Cultural Heritage - Asia-Europe Museum Network
asemus.museum - Published:Monday, 20th May 2019
In the wake of the tragic fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris last month, on 3 May Paris hosted an informal meeting involving the ministers …
Mushrooms
The Mycelium Model for capacity builders, professional associations, funders, and other support organizations
nonprofitaf.com - Vu
Hi everyone, if you haven’t filled out the Fundraising Perception Survey, please do so. It’ll take 10 minutes and I will send you a baby bunny. (OK, …
The Allusion of Answers
twistedpreservation.com
One of my most difficult memories as a student of architecture is when I presented a project to a room full of people and one of the critics stood …
After a Protest at the 2019 Whitney Biennial Opening, Activists March to Warren Kanders’s Townhouse
hyperallergic.com - Jasmine Weber, Hakim Bishara and Hrag Vartanian
At the final protest for Nine Weeks of Art and Action, activists planted a giant tear gas sculpture near the museum entrance as museumgoers queued to …
Confederate States of America
How Removing Public Monuments Works
howstuffworks.com - Dave Roos
In the spring and summer of 2017, construction crews hired by the cities of Baltimore, Maryland and New Orleans wrapped heavy straps around the …
American Alliance of Museums Names Ten Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Fellows
aam-us.org - American Alliance of Museums
ARLINGTON, VA – May 16, 2019 – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) today announced ten Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) …
Utah
‘Nothing left to steal’: Utah’s Danger Cave looted by thieves, who stole artifacts dating back 11,000 years
sltrib.com - By Courtney Tanner
A cave with evidence of some of the earliest humans in Utah was looted last week by thieves — who, state park officials say, tore security fixtures …
Demonstration
Interpretation Canada - Lessons from the Interpreter's Book of Disasters: Cleavage Squirrel
interpretationcanada.ca
Live animal demonstrations are a hoot, especially when your furry colleague is unpredictable and things go wild. My sidekicks on this particular …
Internet
'museum of me' collages your digital self into a 360 degree chorus of content
designboom.com - zach andrews
inside the museum of me, many screens and an AI await a digital vessel. after providing your instagram handle, the string of algorithms and photos …
POW! Launches Museum FAQ Video Series
orselli.net
Paul Orselli Workshop (POW!) is pleased to announce the launch of the new Museum FAQ video series! Click on over to the Museum FAQ webpage to view …
a new punk.
museumgeek.xyz
A couple of weeks ago, I put out a call for a collaborator, co-host and co-producer for Museopunks, the podcast for the progressive museum. I was …
Syrian Civil War
Why it’s so hard to grasp the sum of the Islamic State’s archaeological looting
pbs.org - Fiona Greenland, The Conversation
The Islamic State surrendered its last scrap of territory, in Baghouz, Syria, this past March. While some argue that celebrations of IS’s demise are …
I.M. Pei
I.M. Pei, Master Architect Whose Buildings Dazzled the World, Dies at 102
The New York Times - By PAUL GOLDBERGER
I. M. Pei, who began his long career designing buildings for a New York real estate developer and ended it as one of the most revered architects in the world, died early Thursday at his home in Manhattan.
Opioid Crisis
How the Met is handling dilemma of donor accountability
pbs.org
These days, there's a growing call for new accountability for past behavior, and the pressure is increasingly being applied to institutions …
Museums
Free access to all the papers in our special issue on Young children’s museum geographies: spatial, material and bodily of
underfivesinmuseums.com - By achackett
A special issue of the journal Children’s Geographies (guest edited by Abi Hackett, Rachel Holmes, Christina MacRae and Lisa Procter) on the theme of …
Indigenous Womxn’s Collective Stages Protest Inside 2019 Whitney Biennial
hyperallergic.com - Jasmine Weber
Two members of the Indigenous Womxn’s Collective underneath the artwork of Jeffrey Gibson (photo for Hyperallergic)At last night’s 2019 Whitney …
Seth Godin
When your museum isn’t attracting people
themuseumofthefuture.com - Jasper Visser
It might be that they do not know about you (Which probably doesn’t have to do with the number of advertisements you put in front of them. People may …
Museums
How Rapid-Response Exhibits are Changing the Way Museums Engage Their Communities
nextcity.org
In July and August 2018, visitors to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee were witness to a revolutionary type of exhibition, …
Gender
Dear (Cis) People Who Put Your Pronouns On Your “Hello My Name Is” Name Tags
medium.com - Sinclair Sexsmith
Dear cis people who put your pronouns on your “hello my name is” name tags: Thank you. When you do that, I feel more comfortable putting my …
Innovation
The outside of this new office building will be a giant butterfly sanctuary
Fast Company - Adele Peters
Butterfly populations are plummeting, but this new New York office building is designed to help give monarch butterflies a place to live. On a new eight-story building planned for Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood,
Design
Every American should visit the new Statue of Liberty Museum
Fast Company - Jesus Diaz
It’s 26,000 square feet dedicated to the universal symbol of democracy itself. The Statue of Liberty Museum is opening today on Liberty Island, New York. At a time when the values that built the republic
Opinion
The Met Is Right to Reject the Sacklers’ Blood Money
The New York Times - By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
When it comes to blood money for the arts, how bloody is too bloody? On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art decided that money made from selling the opioids that have killed several hundred thousand
The Arts
New Statue of Liberty Museum Illuminates a Forgotten History
The New York Times - By JULIA JACOBS
Each year about 4.5 million people shuffle off the ferries that service Liberty Island to see up close the famous torch-wielding Roman goddess towering above them. But security concerns stemming from Sept.
Museums
No more excuses -15 things your museum should be doing about climate change
wordpress.com - mchriscastle
Today’s Guest Post is the second of a two part series by Henry McGhie, Curating Tomorrow, and formerly Head of Collections and Curator of Zoology at …
Boston, MA
Boston is getting a new art museum, and it will be free to every visitor
Boston.com - Kristi Palma
It will cost nothing at all to check out contemporary art in Boston when a new museum opens its doors next year. The Massachusetts College of Art and …

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Museums could be powerful, liberatory spaces if they let go of their colonial practices - RaceBaitr

'It would destroy it': new international airport for Machu Picchu sparks outrage

What It Felt Like

Salary Survey 2019

MOCA receives a $10-million gift to make admission free

European Ministers adopt Declaration on Cultural Heritage - Asia-Europe Museum Network

The Mycelium Model for capacity builders, professional associations, funders, and other support organizations

The Allusion of Answers

After a Protest at the 2019 Whitney Biennial Opening, Activists March to Warren Kanders’s Townhouse

How Removing Public Monuments Works

American Alliance of Museums Names Ten Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Fellows

‘Nothing left to steal’: Utah’s Danger Cave looted by thieves, who stole artifacts dating back 11,000 years

Interpretation Canada - Lessons from the Interpreter's Book of Disasters: Cleavage Squirrel

'museum of me' collages your digital self into a 360 degree chorus of content

POW! Launches Museum FAQ Video Series

a new punk.

Why it’s so hard to grasp the sum of the Islamic State’s archaeological looting

I.M. Pei, Master Architect Whose Buildings Dazzled the World, Dies at 102

How the Met is handling dilemma of donor accountability

Free access to all the papers in our special issue on Young children’s museum geographies: spatial, material and bodily of

Indigenous Womxn’s Collective Stages Protest Inside 2019 Whitney Biennial

When your museum isn’t attracting people

How Rapid-Response Exhibits are Changing the Way Museums Engage Their Communities

Dear (Cis) People Who Put Your Pronouns On Your “Hello My Name Is” Name Tags

The outside of this new office building will be a giant butterfly sanctuary

Every American should visit the new Statue of Liberty Museum

The Met Is Right to Reject the Sacklers’ Blood Money

New Statue of Liberty Museum Illuminates a Forgotten History

No more excuses -15 things your museum should be doing about climate change

Boston is getting a new art museum, and it will be free to every visitor