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Covid-19 and Museum

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As a Historic Interpreter for Telfair Museums, I would lead visitors through the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters on a 45 minute guided tour of antebellum Savannah history discussing politics and urban slavery. When the Museum closed I was expecting the next few weeks to be different. I set up digital lunches.

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Your Official #18NTC Local's Guide to New Orleans

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Voodoo Museum. Visit this long-time New Orleans favorite and join the ranks of notable past patrons such as Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. The bar itself carries as much history as the famous beverage; once a favorite haunt of Famed Louisiana Governor and U.S. More to see & do: The Garden District.

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Your Official #NN18 Local's Guide to New Orleans

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Voodoo Museum. Visit this long-time New Orleans favorite and join the ranks of notable past patrons such as Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. The bar itself carries as much history as the famous beverage; once a favorite haunt of Famed Louisiana Governor and U.S. More to see & do: The Garden District.

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"It Is What It Is," and the Challenges of Dialogue-Focused Exhibits

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Earlier this year, the New Museum and Creative Time commissioned a traveling piece by artist Jeremy Deller called "It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq." I saw It Is What It Is twice at the Hammer Museum. Why would I want to talk about Iraq on a visit to an art museum? Even for me, the barriers were too high.

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