Ana Villegas
Eat Your Heart Out
William Buckland (1784-1856) was an English Victorian-era geologist, the Dean of Westminster, and a proponent of Natural Theology whose...
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Ana Villegas
- Aug 30, 2022
Climate Change in a Climate of Change: A ‘Sticky’ Situation in the UK
While analyzing the transformation of Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits into a museum, American professor of Environmental Studies Dr....
Ana Villegas
- Aug 9, 2022
Are Memorials Inherently Controversial?: American and Japanese Commemoration of World War II
During the 1990s, the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War was quickly approaching. In the United States, an...
Ana Villegas
- Jun 11, 2022
Fishes and Elephants, and Spies. Oh My!: The Most Absurd Artifacts in the CIA's Museum
Did you know that the CIA has a museum? The idea of a museum came from former CIA Executive Director William E. Colby, a very...
Molly Gosewich
- May 1, 2022
Deutschland: A Musings Abroad Special Edition
As a part of generous funding I received from the Joint Initiative for German and European Studies (the Munk School for Global Affairs &...
Ana Villegas
- Mar 4, 2022
Live Update: The Crisis & Response of Cultural Institutions in Ukraine
On February 24th, 2022 at 6 a.m. Moscow Time or 03:00 GMT, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of "special military...
Ana Villegas
- Feb 21, 2022
The New Faith: Anti-Religious Museums in the Early Soviet Union
In the freezing White Sea, located off of Russia's far northern coast, is an archipelago of six small islands called the Solovki...
Molly Gosewich
- Oct 30, 2021
Must Be the Season of The Witch (and the Occult and Magic)
October occupies a special place in the Gregorian calendar... and in our hearts and imaginations. As soon as September 30th becomes...
Molly Gosewich
- Oct 7, 2021
What Even Is Jewish Art? Marc Chagall and the École de Paris at mahJ (Part II)
Paris Through The Window Marc Chagall, 1913 In Part 1, I brought up the influence of Jewish iconography, culture and even language on...
Molly Gosewich
- Oct 5, 2021
What Even Is Jewish Art? Marc Chagall and The École de Paris at mahJ (Part I)
How long has it been since the world effectively shut down? As restrictions loosen (and I say that loosely), jabs administered, and life...
Molly Gosewich
- Jul 12, 2021
In The Darkroom: Exploring Tom of Finland's Enduring Influence
"Whenever I was depressed or disgusted, I would feel him, that spirit inside, urging me back to living, back to drawing, I believe there...
Jingshu Helen Yao
- Apr 5, 2021
Women's History Month: Women's Museum Far from Home
During March 2018, in honor of women’s history month, Musings editor Kristen Mclaughlin wrote an article showcasing museums around the...
Jingshu Helen Yao
- Mar 5, 2021
Black Culinary Culture in Museums Around the World
February is Black History Month. As a member outside of this community, I looked into different approaches to learn about black histories...
Jingshu Helen Yao
- Feb 10, 2021
Smell in Museums Around the World
With a new semester starting, I began several new courses. For Dr. Hooley McLaughlin’s Curating Science course, we were asked to keep a...
Jingshu Helen Yao
- Nov 17, 2020
What Is Not My Story To Tell
I took creative writing as my undergraduate minor and I was asked to submit a short fiction story as an assignment for one of my courses....
Jingshu Helen Yao
- Oct 26, 2020
Seeking Happiness: A Peek at Museums About Happiness Around the World
Who doesn't want to be happy? For many years, psychologists have studied the causes behind human emotions. Writers and artists create...
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