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A Powerful Experience in a Community Museum

Museum 2.0

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. But the stories were totally captivating.

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Crowd Fundraising for the Arts: No Running, Walking, or Freezing Plunges Required

Connection Cafe

As a native Texan going to graduate school in Wisconsin, I signed up on a sunny September day not only to support the cause, but also because it seemed like something that would make for a good story one day. As a Texas girl, I am not exaggerating when I say I thought I literally might freeze to death. But here I am, still alive.

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

Museum 2.0

It does everything a great documentary story can do: it takes you into another world, introduces you to unforgettable people, defies expectations, and delivers tough realities instead of fairy tales. I've been consuming a lot of documentary stories recently, primarily through Longform.org , my new favorite go-to nighttime reading source.

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