A graduate student in public history at Rutgers University, I am also the digital assistant for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities. Writings here focus on what I learn in my classes, at my job, and in the museums I visit.
I am sometimes silly.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum | RockHall.com
Where I’ll be interning this summer. Anyone out there ever spend significant time in Cleveland? Suggestions for food? Shopping? Things not to be missed?
Among Xi’an’s Terracotta Army
On this day in 1984, President Reagan became the second U.S. President to visit the People’s Republic of China since the Communist shift of power. 4/26/84
In this photo, Ronald and Nancy Reagan stand among the terracotta figures in Xi’an China. 4/29/84
-from the Reagan Library
I want to walk among the terracottas….
Not museum related (unless we’re discussing the history of my hair), but I got a major haircut last week. My fb friends have been inundated with daily updates of my hair “experiments” and now I’m just throwing this up here. The last time I had hair this short I was in single digits (seven, maybe eight years old), and I vacillate between euphoria and abject fear at the weirdness of short hair.
Remembering Dick Clark's Philly Years
Jordan McClain and Amanda McClain on American Bandstand and Dick Clark in Philadelphia @ The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
George and Barbara Bush with their bicycyles in China, where he was serving as Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office. Circa 1974.
The cherry blossoms, those ephemeral bringers of Spring, are in bloom again! And while they will only last a few weeks in nature, they flower year-round in our online galleries. Here, a #MoreArtMonday look at cherry blossoms in the collection from ART24/7.
View of the Pleasure Quarters with Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom in the Miyozaki District of the New Port of Yokohama near Kanagawa, Utagawa Sadahide.
Snuff Bottle and Stopper Mother and Baby Birds on Flowering Cherry Branch and Maize Stalk
Snuff Bottle and Stopper Flowering Cherry and Pine Trees with Butterfly
Cherry Blossoms , Daido Moriyama.
Inro with Design of Two Pheasants and a Flowering Cherry Tree, Koma Koryū.
Portrait of a Courtesan , Hosoda Eishi, called Chōbunsai.
Senzan of the Chōjiya, Representing Mountain Cherry Blossoms (Mitate Yamazakura; Chōjiya Senzan), Hosoda Eishi, called Chōbunsai.
An American Merchant Greatly Pleased with a Miniature Cherry Tree He Ordered, Utagawa Sadahide.
Jay Brannan’s ‘Rob Me Blind’: Listen To The Album In Full | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com
If you are not listening to Jay Brannan’s music there is something seriously wrong.
faraway reasons: So I woke up this morning in a pool of my own blood.
Wait, let me back up.
Hi, my name is Cara and I’m a 21 year old woman. Every 28 days, give or take, I have a period. And it fucking sucks. Today, was one of those where I take from the 28 day cycle. I wasn’t due for another period for at least a week, but considering that…
Label Writing Challenge
Alright tumblr museos, I have an assignment for you. In 45 words (or less) write an exhibit panel describing an object without actually naming it. Send it to my submission box, and we will see if based on your description we can figure out what it is. I will share one I wrote tomorrow, so keep your eyes open for it!
notes found in the girls bathroom on my campus
