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A Powerful Experience in a Community Museum

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These are some thoughts on a very small museum called the Brazos Valley African American Museum. I was fortunate enough to visit it during the Texas Association of Museums conference, and it brought up some reactions and emotions that I wanted to share with you. Jesus” to help them deliver fourteen children.

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Into the Deep End: What's Keeping Museums from Telling Meaty, In-Depth Stories?

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It has introduced me to corrupt university fundraisers , the true history of Tom Dooley , and the world's oldest marathon runner. All this delightful non-fiction makes me wonder: why aren't museums great at telling these same kinds of deep, intense stories? This seems strange given that museums are organized around objects.

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