Museum Masters Podcast
1) Quick Muse: Update and Season 3 Promo
Welcome back to the Museum Masters! Allison and Mary check in with a Quick Muse to chat about where they've been, and what they have in store for Season 3 starting in Late Winter/Early Spring 2018! Â ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Museum-Prison Partnerships
This week Museum Masters Pod comes to you with the second part of our dissertation series. Allison Kopplin speaks on her master's dissertation which examines museums and prison partnerships. Allison t...Show More
3) YouTube and Museums
We start off our two weeks of dissertation discussion with Mary Akemon, and her dissertation on how museums use YouTube. Mary does A LOT of talking about things like watch time, the FREE resources all...Show More
4) Are Museum Professional Memberships Worth it?
Today we talk about the American Alliance of Museums and the Museum Association. Some of the questions we pose are about the resources provided and what we expect from these organizations if we plan t...Show More
5) Stop, and let's rethink Membership
This week we talk about membership in the museum. What kinds of memberships exist? Should we, as museum professionals be reworking how we approach memberships? How much should they cost? Who do we nee...Show More
6) Creating and Representing in LGBT Exhibitions
The Museum Masters podcast delves into the realm of LGBT exhibitions. Allison specifically lays out the process — focusing on extensive focus groups with allies and LGBT community members for an exhib...Show More
7) Arts and Humanities Funding in Jeopardy
Season 2 is a go! For our first episode, we chat about the National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities. What it is, how it functions, and why its in jeopardy. Allison and Mary sign off with som...Show More
8) Applying to Museum Jobs
Allison and Mary are currently tackling applications for jobs! In this episode, the pair discuss what they put on resumes, types of job descriptions they look for, and even the current state of museum...Show More
9) Selfies and Photography in Museums
Selfies and photography in Museums: Good or Bad? Allison and Mary discuss what selfies are, the use of SnapChat, the price of Geo-filters, as well as the "Selfie Museum" and how visitors are using sel...Show More
10) Big Bad Funders (The Museum Edition)
Allison and Mary tackle the debate of having large, international, and sometimes not-so-ethical companies sponsor museum exhibitions. We talk specifically about BP and its partnerships with places suc...Show More