http://museumist.com Putting the museum world on display Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:19:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ah, the Magazines section of a bookstore is a beautiful, wonderful place. Beautiful in the sense that you can read about wolves in National Geographic, then hop over to HOW Magazine for a tutorial in current typographical trends. There are pretty clothes, muscle cars, floral arrangements, and heated political debate ... http://museumist.com/2010/03/09/the-ladies-monthly-museum/ The Oscars are over. However, even though the awards have all been given out and Best and Worst Dressed have been announced, you might still have movies on the brain. Well, fear not film fanatics, your need for an Oscar fix can still be satiated - at least through April ... http://museumist.com/2010/03/08/lets-go-to-the-movies/ Over at the American Association of Museums' Emerging Museum Professionals ListServ, there has been a debate brewing. The issue: If a museum docent/tour guide/attendant receives a tip from a visitor, should they be allowed to keep it? I must confess that is not an issue that I had given much thought to ... http://museumist.com/2010/03/03/the-tipping-point/ "There's nothing like the isolating bleakness of long-term joblessness to make people finally appreciate Andrew Wyeth." - Samantha Park, a fictional Feed-Drier Tender in The Onion. Funny segment, check it out here. http://museumist.com/2010/03/02/andrew-wyeth-is-not-that-bad/ Architecture Now! Didn't hear a please in there. http://museumist.com/2010/03/01/on-demand/ Museum Island. http://museumist.com/2010/03/01/beachfront-history/ The Art of the Steal in review. http://museumist.com/2010/03/01/barnes/ In the lineup for this week: graphic novels, drugs, frames, dancing, buttons, and famous photographers. Now Open: LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel at the Huntington Museum of Art will run through May 23. Come see why graphic novels are the fastest growing genre for all national bookstore chains. (Huntington, West ... http://museumist.com/2010/02/28/event-round-up-march-1-march-7/ Museums aren't cricket. http://museumist.com/2010/02/24/chirp/ Buy one get one free at New York museums. http://museumist.com/2010/02/24/bogo/