Entries from August 2011
It was the most hideous thing I had ever seen in my young life. Its name, printed in black ink on a little white card affixed to the gallery wall was ‘Confedspread’. And to my eight-year old mind it was downright hideous. My grandmother, an avid fan of all art but more specifically the often [...]
Tags: artifacts · curators office · research · summer
My relationship with museums, from an educational perspective, has been what I would call a “passionate love affair.” The reasons I have been working for the Vancouver Police Museum the past three years are significant in my pursuing a career in education. Museums are incredible places where the worlds of both history and education collide [...]
Tags: CSI · Forensics · Programs · Special Events · summer