Yes, I’m a museum professional, but that doesn’t mean I don’t use museum databases to see objects I enjoy when I get home. I’m...

Acronym Quiz: What does CCC stand for? Fort Frederick, RL Fifield 2012. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program...

A train car to carry molten iron. RL Fifield 2012. I wasn’t sure what to feel about Steelyard Commons. It’s a rather run-of-the mill...

After my work trip to St. Tropez in 2008 (see last week’s post) I also stopped for a couple of days in Aix for another job. Here are a...

Transit and Museums? Two of my loves rolled up into one. Visitors to New York want to see the Empire State Building, Times Square, and...

Spinach? It’s our not-quite-precise pronunciation of the SPNHC acronym for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History...

I wear a badge, so when I am travelling through the galleries during open hours, visitors ask me questions – and I really try not to...

How to cover a 400 year old mattress? Comparing dusts vacuumed from a chair every three years to tell if it is deteriorating? Condition...

Rotterdam Harbor. RL Fifield, 2009. When you mention Rotterdam to so many Europeans, they sigh. Ms. A’s Dutch friend remarked “Well,...

CNJRR Train Shed and Communipaw Terminal. RL Fifield, 2011. Staring out over New York Harbor, the Central Railroad of New Jersey’s...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM). It sounds like I wield a tiny whip and chair in my top hat, taming a circus of cockroaches, mice, and...

I hear the occasional grumble. Why is that photo of that object so bad? Why isn’t there an online database? Why are only selected objects...

This week I’m off to the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) annual meeting, this year in...

A swatch preserved in the billet books at the London Metropolitan Archives. Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. Foundling number 12250,...

A swatch preserved in the billet books at the London Metropolitan Archives. Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. Foundling number 12250,...

A visitor at New Windsor Cantonment photographs reenactors at the Brigade of the American Revolution’s School of Instruction, April 28,...

A visitor at New Windsor Cantonment photographs reenactors at the Brigade of the American Revolution’s School of Instruction, April 28,...

She passed away this year, and today they are holding a memorial concert in her honor in Williamsburg. Barbara lived there with her...

She passed away this year, and today they are holding a memorial concert in her honor in Williamsburg. Barbara lived there with her...

Stockholm: scary sandwiches, incredible museums, and the beautiful islands which serve as the city’s perch. Stockholm. RL Fifield photo...