Chris MartinezinJHU New York Seminar 2018My Day in NYC: Day 10 A Fond FarewellToday wasn’t a day for visits or exploration. We all had one final story to tell about museums we looked at in depth, the problems we faced…Mar 24, 2018Mar 24, 2018
Chris MartinezinJHU New York Seminar 2018My Day In NYC: Day 9 The MetToday was the day where we finally entered the monster that is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, otherwise known as The Met. To describe the…Mar 23, 2018Mar 23, 2018
Chris MartinezinJHU New York Seminar 2018My Day In NYC: Day 8 Climate Change!While we did not visit another museum today, we had three substantial presentations from museum professionals that all in some way dealt…Mar 22, 2018Mar 22, 2018
Chris MartinezinJHU New York Seminar 2018My Day In NYC: Day 7 The New York Historical Society and The Museum of Natural HistoryTodays visit dealt with deep heritage in the state of New York as well as the art of historical interpretation. Though the study of history…Mar 21, 2018Mar 21, 2018
Chris MartinezinJHU New York Seminar 2018My Day In NYC: Day 6 American Indians and PioneersThe National Museum of the American Indian in NYC (formally the George Gustav Heye Center) has a curious location as it occupies the site…Mar 20, 2018Mar 20, 2018
Chris MartinezinJHU New York Seminar 2018My Day in NYC: Day 5 The Tenement MuseumOn our last trip out this week, we visited the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Though it was smaller than some of the other tours we took…Mar 17, 2018Mar 17, 2018
Chris MartinezinJHU New York Seminar 2018My Day in NYC: From M.A.D. to NewarkModern and contemporary art effects us all in different ways. Sometimes it moves us, other times it can be too confusing to think that this…Mar 16, 2018Mar 16, 2018
Chris MartinezinJHU New York Seminar 2018My Day in NYC: Day 3 From Brooklyn to HarlemReturning to Brooklyn, our group faced a formidable challenge when we met our host at the Brooklyn Museum who challenged us to view an…Mar 15, 20181Mar 15, 20181
Chris MartinezinJHU New York Seminar 2018My Day in NYC: Day 2 MoMATodays visit to the Museum of Modern Art was hectic to say the least. Bursting as the seams with visitors, there was an air of excitement…Mar 14, 2018Mar 14, 2018
Chris MartinezinJHU New York Seminar 2018My Day In NYC: Day 1 B.H.S./DUMBOLooking from the outside, its hard to see the thought process of how a museum executes a project when the thought process is often out of…Mar 13, 20181Mar 13, 20181