This is not an easy place to find given where it is. For those not familiar with Cobourg: Victoria Hall, where the AGN is located, is the largest building in the southern half of the town. The only ‘sky scrapers’ are the churches. It is also right in the down-town core and by the tourist section of beaches and marina. The weekly farmers market is right behind it.
And yet locals and visitors alike don’t know about/never think about the gallery.
ICOM defined museums in 2007 as….. Given this definition, what makes one thing a Living History Farm and another a Farm with public access?
Beginning is the hardest part of any project. Accessibility is no different. Some people think it is good to start small and while I don’t disagree that is not the whole picture…
My final chance to visit the Natural History Museum was the day after my convocation. I was supposed to meet a friend from Swansea but he took ill…
Sheffield Museum is a grand old building with columns, carved pediments, and other imposing architectural features. These are common in older English museums…
Social prescribing is a relatively new trend of doctors writing scripts for patients to go to the museum. I first became aware of this in 2017…
After Hurricane Harvey hit Texas I had the chance to speak to a museologist down there. His museum and community were badly damaged in the flooding…
While I visited in January there was a community interpretation event called Museum Takeover…
What to do When Disaster Strikes This title is Hyperbole. ‘Disaster’ normally means fire, flood, and plagues of rats. Not accidents in art class but maybe it should. Not every museum has dedicated learning spaces due to size and/or funding.
If you follow the law it means a disabled person can enter your space. It does not mean a disabled person can experience your space.