Story Tellers
Today’s blog post was written by Gail Bornfield, Arizona State Museum’s Docent Council Chair. It was first published in the February issue of Zócalo Magazine. At Arizona State Museum, docents use the...
View ArticleA Mammothly Good Time
Today’s post was written by Thomas McDonough, senior in the History Department at the University of Arizona. He is interning in ASM’s education department this spring. Did you know mammoths once roamed...
View ArticleA Culture of Science and the Science of Culture
Today’s blog is written by Beth McClendon, program assistant in ASM’s education office. In a few weeks she will graduate with a BA in anthropology and art history with a minor in ecology and...
View ArticleSaguaro Fruit Harvesting — Use a kuipud to pluck the bahidaj from the ha:san.
This post was written by Lisa Falk with tons of input from ASM volunteer Jan Nash. She and her husband John constructed a ha:san (saguaro) for the museum’s Culture Craft Saturday activities. Now,...
View ArticleFrom Bookcase to Exhibit Case: Literacy Learning at the Museum
Today’s blog was written by Michelle Andaloro, a graduate student in the Language, Reading & Culture masters program in College of Education at the University of Arizona. This spring, she was an...
View ArticleSharing Traditions
This is the 22nd year the museum has produced the Southwest Indian Art Fair! Excitement grows all winter as the applications come in for this juried show of fine and traditional art created by Native...
View ArticleNo Bugs Allowed
Today’s blog is written by Melisa McChesney. For the last year and half she has worked and interned at various Tucson-based institutions, including at ASM, to gain experience in museums and...
View ArticleASM Library and Archives Summer Boot Camp 2015
It’s been a couple of weeks since we concluded our summer project in the ASM Library and Archives, a whirlwind of books and papers, boxes and bins, and file cabinets full of uncatalogued periodicals...
View ArticleA Grad Student’s Museum Adventures, part 3: A Museum Emergency
For my friends who have known me while I worked at the Arizona State Museum this year, they have heard me talk about “museum emergencies.” If I were to set up a lunch date with a colleague or friend, I...
View ArticleA Grad Student’s Museum Adventures, part 4:
I have been back in Tucson for about 60 hours now. My travel day was intense — probably more stressful than the original road trip to the East Coast. Operating on no sleep and learning that my shuttle...
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