Fellow historian now in museum world, writing about Stockton, CA, in the 1930s // California's historical ambivalence towards high European culture. Long story how I got here--but are there CA history readings you could recommend? I have Kevin Starr...thanks for any ideas!
Join Johns Hopkins Museum Studies on Nov 8 to for a conversation on museums and civic discourse: www.eventbrite.com/e/hard-conve...
Erin McKean's Things I learned while looking up other things: buttondown.email/thingslearne...www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/...
Could be all of the above. Could be a bad day. Hope it gets better. Or at least more clear.
Thanks for inviting me, @themuseumguy.bsky.social! French historian by training, surprised to find myself 24 years into museum career. Leadership team for JHU Museum Studies. Writing a book about a painting that may or may not be by Paul Gauguin. I have dogs.
