{"id":810,"date":"2017-07-26T10:40:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T10:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umdmuseumcert.wordpress.com\/?p=810"},"modified":"2017-09-09T16:57:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T16:57:16","slug":"directors-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/2017\/07\/26\/directors-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Directors Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">To close the spring term of Museum Scholarship and Material Culture Introductory class students prepared recommendations for the new orientation space being planned for the Phillips Collection. \u00a0This assignment followed two visits to the Phillips to learn about the museum and the University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge, a joint project of the Phillips and the University. \u00a0Two student teams studied the needs of the space and developed recommendations for its design. \u00a0Members of the Phillips staff joined the discussions last May at the close of the term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Below are three images of the entry space as it was finally installed. \u00a0During our visits to the Phillips the staff talked about the museum\u2019s idea of hanging art works to create \u201cconversations\u201d for visitors to consider. \u00a0The students were intrigued by this idea and recommended that the entry space provide visitors with an introduction to the concept; it\u2019s heartening to see that language in the wall text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">University of Maryland students are granted open admission to the Phillips Collection, simply bring your university ID and take advantage of the engaging exhibits in a lovely central Washington space. \u00a0Watch for programming from the Center, including opportunities for special research projects. The museum\u2019s website can be accessed at PhillipsCollection.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">What museum have you visited recently and what stories can you tell of your visit? \u00a0How does your visit affect your ideas about museums as contributors to knowledge? \u00a0Share your comments here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Mary Alexander<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Co-Director<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Museum Scholarship and Material Culture Studies<br \/>\nUniversity of Maryland<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To close the spring term of Museum Scholarship and Material Culture Introductory class students prepared recommendations for the new orientation space being planned for the Phillips Collection. \u00a0This assignment followed two visits to the Phillips to learn about the museum and the University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge, a joint project of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/2017\/07\/26\/directors-note\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Directors Note<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-msmc-courses","category-note-from-directors","category-professional-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866,"href":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msmc.umd.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}