(I’m totally borrowing that word from a colleague in another museum!) What’s a Quarantale? Well, it could be anything. An actual tale – a story you’ve made up about the past couple of months in isolation. A diary you’ve been …
Our Favourite Things
Today’s the day – the Creston Museum reopens to the public! We know you’re looking for something to do, and for ways to reconnect with the community you’ve been isolated from for so long, and we’re on a mission to …
Modern Collections
While we’re on the subject of museum collections, let’s talk for a minute about one of the biggest conundrums museums face: collecting modern stuff. Especially technology. When we accept donations of objects, we try to focus on things that were …
A Question of Collecting
It’s International Museums Day! What does a museum do on International Museums Day? Well, in our case – and I’m sure it’s the same for a lot of museums around the world – we are getting ready to open the …
Blossom Fest, Day 2
Today, in hopes of helping cope with the disappointment of no Blossom Festival, we bring you an assortment of events! Unfortunately, film footage and photographs of events other than the parade are a little scarce, but we’ve found some! Let’s …
Parade Day!
It’s May long weekend, which normally means – Blossom Fest! And today is Saturday of the May long weekend, which normally means – Blossom Fest Parade! That’s not going to happen in real life – so we’ve combed through all …
Museums and Climate Change
Today’s Museum Week theme focuses on climate change. Did you know this is a thing for museums? It is – actually a kind of huge thing. It varies from one museum to another, of course, but the ways museums in …
Museum Moments
Today’s Museum Week theme is “Museum Moments.” We hope you’ll tell us about some of your best moments visiting museums. I can tell you that working in a museum is full of best moments. One of my favourite examples: the …
Who’s Bored? (an invitation)
I think I literally just heard a whole bunch of hands shooting up. Today’s Museum Week theme is “Together” – so let’s get together! Safely and distancedly, of course. We are working hard to put in place all the measures …
Heroes for Museum Week
It’s Museum Week! You might not have even known there is such a thing, but there is, and it starts today, and we think it’s perfect to roll into our Museum At Home / Daily Dose of History stuff that …