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Breaking the (Museum of) Sound Barrier: An interview with John Kannenberg

In this age of digital news and social media, our lives have become portable. The Museum of Portable Sound is a reflection on this, being both a sign of...

Curator sparks international dialogue on ivory in museums

Curator has published a special issue that tackles ivory in museums from a variety of perspectives. The push for total bans on movement of ivory in many countries, and many states in the...

Welcome to the Discussion

As the new Editor of Curator, I’m thrilled to launch the new CuratorJournal.org website alongside Issue 59.3, which is now available online. Here in the Discussion section of the website, you’ll find...

Virtual Issue: Sonic

In July 2019, Curator: The Museum Journal published a special issue called Sonic. As part of that issue, we explored our archives and uncovered seven papers where sound experience...

Music in Museums

I saw the first major survey of Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s work at an exhibition organized by the Hirshhorn in Washington D.C., at the end of 2016. The talk...

Where are the objects? Why is this a museum? What allows us to claim special educational status for these charming play spaces?: Turning to Curator for answers

As a museum educator who has spent two decades thinking about object-based education, I found the shift to children’s museums challenging. Where are the objects? Why is this a...