The Walt Disney Family Museum had a Haunted Mansion-inspired event tonight. After all, what Disney creation embodies the Halloween spirit quite like Disneyland's haunted house ( Read more... )

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First discussion of the day was "Collections Practices and Green Policies: An Uneasy Relationship".  I had picked this one because it seemed more practical than the others for my future work in conservation, but I worried it would be too technical.  Fear not!  It was actually quite interesting.  The best presentation hands down was from a registrar ( Read more... )

I'm in Napa Valley, attending the California Association of Museums conference.  Since this isn't my first conference ( I attended the WMA/UMA conference in Salt Lake City last year) the experience isn't nearly as intimidating as last year, but in a way it is scarier because the people I'm networking with in Napa are potential coworkers, whereas in ( Read more... )

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Yesterday was Valentine's Day, and I had no idea what I might to do to celebrate the holiday.  My valentine husband was stuck at home working, and my valentine birthday already had plans.  I figured it'd be a quiet night of reading and chomping down on chocolate bars, thanks to my latest Escape Monthly boxBut luckily, Fate had other plans in store ( Read more... )

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Well, I'm officially working at a museum again! My orientation shift was today. We spent the morning going over paperwork (I've never had to sign so many forms for a job before) and a brief introduction to the history of the museum. I's so much bigger than I thought - over 29,000 objects in the collection - that the need for expansion, which ( Read more... )

I had a job interview today with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.  For the next couple of months, they're doing a special South Bay installation in Los Altos, and they need more gallery attendants than they initially hired.  I'm not especially fond of contemporary art, but getting into the SFMOMA "family" is too valuable an opportunity to ( Read more... )