Becky Fifield
Museum Monday: Museum-Hater
Do we say “museums are not for everyone” and leave it at that? Or should we have meetings this Monday morning to figure out how our...
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Becky Fifield
Aug 19, 20132 min read
Museum Monday – A Young Patron Gets Critical
This was too good not to share. I work at a large NYC art institution (you can figure out which one). We welcome guests from the...
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Becky Fifield
Aug 5, 20131 min read
Museum Monday – Chester County Historical Society
Chester County Historical Society. In addition to Swarthmore College’s Friends Historical Library, Wednesday also took me to the Chester...
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Becky Fifield
Jul 1, 20132 min read
Museum Monday: Developing Staff Resources for Managing Collections
My colleague and friend Rob Waller of Protect Heritage Corp. recently sent me a book he collaborated on in 1996, Developing Staff...
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Becky Fifield
May 13, 20132 min read
Museum Monday – Raising the Visibility of Collection Care
Next Sunday, I will be speaking at the American Alliance of Museum’s conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The American Institute for...
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Becky Fifield
Mar 25, 20132 min read
Museum Monday: Tyvek Pillows for Object Transport
Tyvek pillows with (back to front) Ethafoam crumb, polypropylene bead, and glass sand filling. RL Fifield, 2012. Never use sad, crumpled...
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Becky Fifield
Feb 14, 20132 min read
Curious Objects: Portrait Collages at the National Portrait Gallery
Collage of engraved portraits on exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in “A Will of their Own: Judith Sargent Murray and Women of...
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Becky Fifield
Feb 11, 20132 min read
Museum Monday: Collection Care Isn’t A La Carte – Washington Conservation Guild
Look at all those people who came to hear me! Washington Conservation Guild meeting, February 7, 2013. On Thursday, February 7, I was...
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Becky Fifield
Jan 7, 20135 min read
Museum Monday: Who Makes Collections Care Happen?
Who Makes Collections Care Happen? Easy. Technicians dust artwork. But that’s a little simplistic view of both the work of a valuable,...
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Becky Fifield
Dec 10, 20123 min read
Museum Monday – Straight Talk About Museum Studies Programs
I’m one of the lucky ones. To gain the most entry-level job at most museums, a graduate degree is required. The discipline depends on the...
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Becky Fifield
Dec 3, 20122 min read
Museum Monday – Here Come the Trains Again: Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Once again Transit Tuesday is busting in on Museum Monday. RL Fifield 2012. The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is located in Strasburg,...
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Becky Fifield
Nov 3, 20121 min read
Hurricane Sandy: Resources for Museums, Libraries, Archives, and other Cultural Institutions
It’s been a busy week. As the Chair of Alliance for Response NYC, I’ve been busy trying to connect affected institutions with helping...
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Becky Fifield
Oct 22, 20121 min read
Museum Monday: The London Transport Museum
Transit Tuesday is moving on in on Museum Monday. London Transport Museum. Old Metropolitan Railway Car. Photo: RL Fifield 2010. If I...
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Becky Fifield
Sep 24, 20122 min read
Museum Monday: A Questionable Practice – Museums Charging for Collections Research Time
I am a museum collection manager with over twenty years working with museum collections. I started cataloging costume objects when I was...
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Becky Fifield
Sep 10, 20121 min read
Museum Monday: Online Patterns of Eighteenth Century Garments from LACMA’s Collection
Speaking as a museum professional and a living history practitioner, what a great project. Theatrical designer Thomas John Bernard and...
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Becky Fifield
Aug 27, 20124 min read
Museum Monday: Researching Museum Collections for Living History Practitioners
Lecturing at the Bergen County Historical Society, March 2011. I’m a Collections Manager in a large New York City institution. My first...
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Becky Fifield
Aug 20, 20122 min read
Museum Monday: Dust
Where there is space, there is dust. RL Fifield dusting. Over dust, visitors to our museum and I connect. Dust is an ongoing challenge...
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Becky Fifield
Aug 6, 20122 min read
Museum Monday: Hygrothermographs for the Layman
What is that box with all the dials sitting in the corner of the gallery? A hygrothermograph. Photo: Oakton. Chances are, it’s a...
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Becky Fifield
Jul 16, 20121 min read
Museum Monday: Collections Risk Assessment
It can be overwhelming. It can hurt your brain. But it can also help you understand your collection’s preservation needs like nothing...
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Becky Fifield
Jun 25, 20121 min read
Museum Monday: Tripping Over a New Museum at Steelyard Commons, Cleveland
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...
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