Since joining the museum world, I’ve been hearing about Museums Advocacy Day, but I didn’t really understand what it meant. I figured it was a bunch of high-level museum staff spending the day chatting with office staffers of their representatives about issues that I didn’t fully understand. …

Since March, when the New York State on PAUSE plan was put in place, the museum had been increasingly using digital tools to reach our communities: staff members were making short iPhone videos at home, we were repurposing onsite content for a digital audience, and we were quickly crafting virtual…

A couple of weeks ago, we started challenging ourselves to recreate recipes from George Eastman’s camp cookbook. To learn more about this book, and see the first two recipes we tried, check out our previous article: Cooking by the Book: George Eastman’s Camp Cookbook. Cheese Pudding This recipe’s name is a little…

Did you know that George Eastman, pioneer of popular photography and founder of Kodak, loved to cook? In 1919, George Eastman created a cookbook that included recipes that he loved. …

Momentum is a tough thing. There’s a tendency that if something seems to be working, we don’t question whether it could be better, or more efficient, or we keep doing it because “that’s what we’ve always done.” I spent a lot of early January asking questions and looking at data…

Usually I try to write up my conference experience a few days after the conference, but this year I returned to a heavy workload and teething newborn. But now, I’m finding myself returning to my notes with a different perspective- not the fresh off the conference high where I feel…

Every year, I take some time to think about what I’ve accomplished and what I’d like to accomplish in the next year. Focus More on Instagram Stories Even with my personal social media, I tend to be the type that takes the photo and then shares it hours or even days later when I’ve had…

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending TBEX North America 2018. TBEX is an international conference and networking event for travel bloggers, online travel journalists, new media content creators, travel brands and industry professionals. So why was I at TBEX? Well, in addition to being a museum professional, I’m…

When you do social media for a living, your own social media presence becomes a place for experimentation; your own behaviors become a surrogate for understanding the behaviors of others; your own audience becomes a testing ground for new approaches and tools. Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the…