Artist Apolonija Šušteršič's art installation Light Therapy is on display at the MOCA throughout the winter. This light-filled room, imitating natural light, aims to reflect on mental illnesses, such Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). In a museum setting, the installation also questions the actions museums can take to support wellbeing or become spaces to talk about mental health.
Date: December 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 Location:Royal Ontario Museum Cost: $22.50 for students
For the last six years, the ROM has presented the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. This prestigious nature photography competition, organized by the Natural History Museum, London, UK, showcases the planet's diversity through the competition's finalist photographs. This year's overall winner is Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten with “The Golden Couple" photograph.
AGO Creative Minds is a series of events, organized in collaboration with The Banff Centre and CBC, where leading artists engage in timely conversations. This edition, inspired by the current Anthropocene exhibition, is a discussion about art, climate change, sustainability and environment. The guest speakers include American environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., documentary filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal, and artist Brian Jungen. Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright will also give a performance.
Drop-in at the Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives anytime between 6PM and 8PM to meet with AGO Archivist Marilyn Nazar and Archives Assistant Hannah Johnston to learn about the AGO collection and how it acquired some of its most important artworks.
Date: December 6, 2018, 7PM to 11:30PM Location:Art Gallery of Ontario Cost: Starting at $11
Every first Thursday of the month, the AGO opens its doors to the public late at night for a party. At this month's Soul-inspired party, get a sneak peak into the newly opened exhibition Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires, meet artists, members of AfroChic, a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary arts festival, and dance to a DJ set.
Date: December 9, 2018, 7PM to 11:30 PM Location:Tranzac Club Cost: Free
The Master of Information Student Council (MISC) organized a potluck dinner to celebrate the upcoming Holiday season, where guests are encouraged to bring a dish to share. Museum Studies students are welcome to attend and meet fellow MI students!
Date: December 13, 2018, 7PM to late Location: Mum’s the Word Cost: Free
Join the Museum Studies Student Association (MUSSA) for a party to celebrate the end of the semester. Mingle with your classmates and professors while enjoying some free food, a raffle and great music!
... and catch these exhibitions before they close!
The BMO 1st Art! competition looks at the creativity of graduating art school students from across Canada. The exhibition showcases the winning artworks by thirteen emerging artists, each one representing a different province or territory. This year's national winner is Clara Couzino from Concordia University.
The RIC presents an exhibition of African-American photographer Gordon Park's photo essay “Poverty: Freedom’s Fearful Foe” published in Life magazine in June 1961. Discover the story of Flávio da Silva, a twelve-year-old suffering from asthma, from Rio de Janeiro's favela, and the all the events this article prompted: thousands of letters of support and donations from Life readers to rescue this child, and the political controversies that arose from these events.
Date: Ends December 23, 2018 Location: Distillery District Cost: Free on weekdays or $6 on weekends
With the Holiday anticipation, don't miss out on Toronto's take on European Christmas Markets. The market brings together local artists, musicians and food-makers in a festive setting. Enjoy a mulled wine or a hot chocolate while doing your Christmas shopping!
Enjoy the month of December and the Holiday Season. See you all in the New Year with more cultural activities to do!
Welcome to another edition of Internship Check-In! Read on to learn about what MMSt students have been doing this summer in institutions across Canada. Today Musings has FOUR incredible interviews to share. *
Tell us a bit about yourself and your museum-related interests.
Victoria: Following my Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology and Classical studies at Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, NS), I moved to Toronto to pursue a Master of Museum Studies. Although my passion has always swayed more towards the archaeology side of things, I am interested in anything and everything related to museums. I have volunteered in Museums since I was 15, participating and facilitating school programs. Coincidently, the Museum of Natural History where I am currently interning (for the first half of my summer) is where I did my high school co-op organizing their botany collection.
Michael: I entered the museum world a similar way to how a lot of us do – through my love of history! After receiving my Bachelor of History from the University of British Columbia, I was lucky enough to promptly secure a contract position as an education assistant in the Calgary Military Museum. I led school groups through various educational activities, such as object handling, presentations on the battles of the First World War, and talks about the military contributions of local regiments through Canada’s history. Being immersed in a subject that I love, and getting to share that passion, was incredibly meaningful. The capacity of museums as centers of education, community-building and visitor enrichment are my chief interests, and I’m delighted that working in the Royal Ontario Museum’s interactive galleries affords me the opportunity to develop these interests further!
Samantha: I've always been very interested in the 'where the rubber meets the road' part of museums-- that is to say, how visitors actually experience the museum on the floor, or in the gallery. My interest in visitor experience comes from a history of being a docent at a couple of different institutions, and an absolute love for the stories museums have the potential to tell. I want to help them tell these stories as best as I can. I have a history in history and art history, so of course, I'm doing my internship at the Toronto Zoo.
Melina: I’m quite drawn to various methods of storytelling – through cinema, creative writing, visual art, and early forms of digital media. I returned to school to pursue an MMSt because my experiences in art galleries have always been fundamental for me in understanding and decoding human experiences. I’m interested in public programming to allow experiential learning environments for diverse audiences in order to create new relationships with art. Recently I’ve become interested in curatorship as well (in my mind, assembling works thematically to convey stories from marginalized communities) so maybe that’s something I’ll toy with down the line. It’s so important for institutionally underrepresented people to have the agency to tell their own histories, so I want to help decolonize the art world in whatever way possible.
Melina at Art Museum (University of Toronto). Photo courtesy of Melina Mehr.
What is a typical day at your institution? What are your responsibilities?
Victoria: My internship is split between the Collections Unit at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and with Janet Maltby, the rural site manager at the Nova Scotia Museum working out of the Museum of Natural History. At the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, I’ll be cataloging the Harbour China collection, and hopefully integrating it with their current Shipwrecks exhibit. My time with Janet Maltby will be spent organizing the Nova Scotia Museum’s institutional history as it’s the 150th anniversary, and shadowing and assisting her in managerial tasks. There is no such thing as a typical day! I can spend one day editing documents, reviewing policies and procedures, and partaking in meetings. Other days, I’ve organized the collections in a fish house at one of the rural museum sites or helped our interpreters take our gopher tortoise Gus for his daily walk! Michael: The galleries where I work depend on volunteers and visitors to activate them – this means that they’re always busy and usually need extra help, particularly the past few weeks as schools were finishing up for the summer. I’ve been kept on my toes balancing my project work with stepping out onto the gallery floor to assist volunteers with their responsibilities, help agitated parents find a wayward child, provide directions and assist visitors. When not called onto the floor I have a host of other duties to occupy my time: I help the collections managers update and rehouse specimens, update the collection database, create information cards that volunteers use when taking out objects to facilitate with guests, rehouse objects while keeping an eye open for degradation or pests, and test prototype activities to judge their effectiveness – to name but a handful!
Samantha: A typical day at the Toronto Zoo involves going out on site with a visitor questionnaire or observing and taking notes on visitor behaviour. I also will do data entry, and once a week or so sit down with all the data I have collected to conduct an analysis. The internship 'office' is the Toronto Zoo's volunteer lounge, and the home to all the biofacts and touchable objects we have for volunteers and educators to use. The other two interns are working with this education collection, which means I am often entering data into excel while they have the much more visually interesting job of gluing shark jaws back together, or pinning beetles to boards, or identifying unlabelled snakeskins.
Melina: I am the Public Programming Assistant, so my main duties are based around ensuring all our summer programs are executed seamlessly, as well as giving exhibition tours. I do outreach to create connections between current exhibitions at the Art Museum and different faculties/departments/communities in Toronto to set up various styles of tours. I also train work-study staff to become docents. Day to day I do a lot of research, tour prepping, and fun admin stuff.
One of Samantha's new friends at the Toronto Zoo! Photo courtesy of Samantha Kilpatrick.
What is something you have learned so far at your internship?
Victoria: I’ve learned the extent of the curatorial and management process. Seeing first-hand the amount of work on a consistent basis is more than I have ever imagined. Everyone here has a thousand different projects going on at once and they all sit on numerous committees. I quickly learned that being organized is most definitely an asset. I am also pleasantly surprised at the amount of gardening skills I’ve acquired through working with our rural sites, I never thought I would be obtaining my green-thumb through my internship!
Michael: The coordinators and facilitation staff have all worked hard to ensure that I get as thorough an experience of museum work as I can, and I’ve gained practical experience in a whole range of museum work and skill development. I’ve also had the opportunity to meet with professionals from other departments, such as Design, Curatorship, and Program Planning. From all of this, I’ve learned that when it comes to front-of-house, visitor-oriented museum work, you need to get used to wearing all kinds of hats every day. I work as a collections manager, a teacher, an activity planner, a play tester, a guide, a friendly face, a source of authority and a student. I do these things all at once in any combination. Time management and the ability to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances is par the course for this branch of museum work.
Samantha: How to present information so it will be acknowledged and listened to.
Melina: The detailed logistics that go into planning events months and months in advance. And also the importance of keeping records – whether it’s emails, documents, notes, post-its, etc. Record everything!
A wild Michael is found in the ROM's Biodiversity gallery. Photo courtesy of Michael Goodchild.
What are you excited about accomplishing throughout your internship?
Victoria: As an ongoing project with my predecessors at the Museum of Natural History I’m looking forward to the Gallery Renewal Project in the museums main entrance space, known as the Netukulimk Gallery. It’s exciting to be included in how gallery renewal takes place, and I’m looking forward to the outcome.
Michael: Overall, I’m excited for the breadth of experience my internship has given me so far, gaining experience in many different types of museum work. I’m also excited about how my internship can act as a spring board leading to future opportunities – the ROM is widely recognized and well-respected, and the connections I make hear can only benefit me in my future endeavours, no matter where I end up! Finally, I’m excited that my time here will open my eyes to types of museum work I wouldn’t have otherwise considered, giving me more tools to add to my museum toolbox.
Samantha: Through research and implementation (asking a horticulturalist if he could move a plant to the other side of a display case) I have doubled the number of people who engage with one of our educational booths. I am working to rewrite some of the text as well, and I will soon be able to calculate how many more hundreds of people a year stop at this booth, and leave having learned something about our environmental goals.
Melina: I’m hoping to get better and more comfortable with creating different kinds of tours for different kinds of audiences. It’s really amazing having multiple tours scheduled each week because I get to practice so frequently and play with new pedagogical methods each time to see what works best.
Victoria at the Museum of Natural History. Photo courtesy of Victoria Delisle.
If you could create any museum (no matter how ridiculous) what kind of museum would it be?
Victoria: I know it’s not too crazy, but I love encyclopedic museums. I love the concept of having many cultures and perspectives under one roof, since we often don’t learn about them in unison. It gives people a chance to learn about them from a global perspective and understand one another. Also, I love grand, magnificent architecture- so, the bigger the museum the better!
Michael: I would love to create a museum that showcases how humanity has used technology to evolve how we tell each other stories. One of the many reasons I love museums is because they can guide visitors through stories of human development, growth, and tragedy. By word of mouth, pictures and hieroglyphs, books, movies, songs, and videogames, we continuously look for newer and newer ways to tell stories, which themselves can be experienced passively by simply listening, or putting the recipient in the driver’s seat so to speak. Celebrating these ever-changing mediums while also drawing attention to the universality of sharing and telling stories would be a lot of fun personally, and would speak to a part of museums that I love so much.
Samantha: I honestly have been so occupied by the idea of UNLive (read Samantha's Musing article here) as an ideal to aspire to that I have no idea how I would improve on that!
Melina: A collective-based museum with rotating artists (first time art-makers, emerging, practiced, all kinds) who have access to supplies, studio space, and instructors, when they otherwise may not have that opportunity. The museum’s exhibitions would be the work of these incoming and outgoing artists, providing a lens into the artistic pursuits of diverse communities; it would also validate their interest in and capacity to create art, as their pieces would be displayed in a public gallery space.
If you want to see more of Victoria's internship, be sure to check out her Instagram!
Sometimes, we all need to relax, especially when the semester kicks in. It is important to keep a balance between your studies and your wellness. The University of Toronto’s St. George campus has wonderful and magical quiet places to study, relax or disconnect. You just have to know where to find them! Here are some of my favourite hidden gems around the campus where I like to escape as I am completing my Masters.
The Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research building, opened in 2005, has one of the only indoor green spaces at the University of Toronto. The Bamboo Garden is the ideal place to go to find a moment of peace. There are benches on the various patio levels where you can relax, eat your lunch or chat with friends. The Bamboo Garden remains little known across the student body, so make sure to check it out!
15 King’s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H7
University College’s Quadrangle is a serene haven minutes away from the Faculty of Information. Surrounded by the beautiful medieval-inspired 1850s University College building, this green space is my favourite on campus as it feels like I enter in another era. I enjoy grabbing a coffee at Diabolo’s Cafe (as listed in my previous Grad School Guide article) and sitting in the Quad to eat my lunch, read a book or let my mind wander. As you are there, I recommend visiting the latest exhibition of the nearby University of Toronto Art Centre!
You might have been wondering what is in that glass building in from of the Faculty of Information. The Rotman School of Management offers many services such as a coffee shop, a cafeteria and the Milt Harris Library. But my favourite part of this building is its green rooftop patio. Located on the same floor as the library, the patio offers you one of the best views of Toronto from campus. The only inconvenience is that the Wi-Fi is quite weak outside. However, why not enjoy some time really disconnected!
Access on Bloor St W. through the Queen Alexandra Gates (between the Royal Ontario Museum and the Royal Conservatory of Music).
While Philosopher’s Walk is mostly used as a shortcut between Bloor St. W. and Hoskin Ave., away from cars, it is an ideal place to go reflect (as its name indicates). With many benches along the way, I enjoy sitting down there to read a book, and sometimes, listen to the music practices coming out from the Faculty of Music building, which is just beside! This park is as scenic throughout all seasons (Fall being my favourite one).
Another neighbour to the Faculty of Information is Innis College. The Innis Café has a lovely hidden rooftop patio that is yet to be known! You, certainly, will not feel on campus when you head up there. This patio does not only have comfortable seating, but it is small, intimate and secluded. You can grab a lunch on the first floor or use the microwave to heat up your own.
Hart House, as a whole, is my number one place on campus. This cultural hub doesn’t only offer many activities (such as Get Crafty or Board Game Cafe), workshops, theatre plays and fitness classes, but it is a beautiful building that makes you feel like in Harry Potter. It has so many rooms and quiet corners where you can go relax (and even take a nap!), such as the Reading Room and the Library. If you do not know what to do, there is always something going on or for you to do at Hart House, day and night.
As you can see, there is so much to explore around the University of Toronto. I hope these places may become sources of inspiration as you are completing various research papers throughout your degree. Also, to complement with your Masters of Museum Studies, I suggest learning more about the history of these sites as each and every one of them captures an essence of the University of Toronto. Finally, as this is only a handful of what the campus has to offer, I recommend wondering around to discover your own gem to unwind and let your mind escape.
Ever wonder what Master of Museum Studies students are up to during the summer? Welcome to the first installment of the Internship Check-In series! Between the first and second year of the program, MMSt students complete internships at institutions across Canada and internationally. Read about their experiences through the following interviews.*
Tell us a bit about yourself and your museum-related interests.
Keelan: My name is Keelan and I am interning at The Rooms in St. John’s Newfoundland. I originally intended on pursuing a Master’s of Archaeology. However, during my undergraduate degree, I was an interpreter at Devil’s Coulee Dinosaur and Heritage Museum. Three years later, I was the assistant manager, and I had found something I adored. With museums, I am primarily interested in natural history and cultural heritage institutions. These institutions satisfy my interests in both pre-history and history. I’ve dabbled in collections, curation, visitor services, public programming, and education, and there are aspects about each that I enjoy! I am also interested in museums that push boundaries and present unconventional or controversial topics and ideas. I love that currently museums are pushing the envelope further, and I am thrilled to be a part of that.
Erica: Hello! My name is Erica Chi and I recently completed my first-year of the Master of Museum Studies program. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Art History with a minor in French Studies from the University of Guelph. Born and raised in Ottawa, I was surrounded by world-class galleries and museums that influenced my career path. I am passionate about the exploration of identities and cultures, which fuelled my travels abroad in Marseilles, France. I worked as an ESL teacher, learned a lot about myself, and ate way too many croissants. I am excited to work in the field of museology with a specialization in art collections management. This summer, I was hired by the Art Museum at the University of Toronto as a Collections Assistant.
Maddy: I am interested in anything and everything related to museums. I have volunteered and worked in museums since I was seven years old, but I am still constantly learning and adapting my understanding of museums. I am particularly interested in the increasing impact of technology in museum spaces, as well as the convergence of libraries, archives and museums. I am currently working towards a Masters in both Museum Studies and Archives and Records Management, so convergence has always interested me. I am also interested in other areas, such as repatriation, collaboration, and diversifying collections and exhibition spaces.
Maddy doing a condition report of an artwork installed at Macdonald Block, 900 Bay St
Photo courtesy of Maddy Howard.
What is a typical day at your institution? What are your responsibilities?
Keelan: No two days are ever alike! Today, for example, I spent doing research, partaking in an exhibition meeting, and examining newspaper articles to determine why a primary source stated that a meeting was reaching its “boiling point”. Other days, I’ve completed tasks such as photographing and cataloging artifacts for an upcoming exhibition. Every day is different! My current responsibilities are researching various immigrant communities in St. John’s and helping with an exhibition opening in June. Each of these responsibilities encompass a wide range of tasks. Depending on what needs to be finished, some days are more research-based, while others are more task-based. Generally, there’s a good divide between the two, and I get to partake in a multitude of endeavours each day.
Erica: At Art Museum, there is no typical day as the environment is always changing. Its 'all-hands-on-deck' approach allows several opportunities to help with various aspects of the museum. My internship focuses on the ‘Art on Campus’ (AOC) initiative, where Art Museum arranges art loans from its stewarded collections to different units across the University of Toronto. I am responsible for AOC administration, audits and inventories, site visits, condition reports, cataloguing, registration, and several other duties. However, based on the museum’s priorities, I participate in a multitude of permanent collection and incoming loan activities.
Maddy: My responsibilities at the Government of Ontario Art Collection vary. I am responsible for cleaning the artwork, inventory, assisting with shipment of artwork across the province, helping to install and uninstall works, as well as conducting additional research on artists and artwork in the collection. I am also responsible for assisting with loan agreements, creating reports, helping with exhibition preparations for the Fall, attending meetings, and occasionally attending events. These responsibilities are great because they involve hands-on experience and allow me to apply class material to the real world. This variety of tasks will expose me to different areas of the museum field and broaden my skillset. I also get to explore the city of Toronto and learn outside of the traditional and controlled environment of the collection.
What is something you have learned so far at your internship?
Keelan: I’ve learned how extensive the curatorial process is. It is interesting researching for an exhibition in its early stages compared to helping with an exhibition that opens in a month. For example, my research on communities in St. John’s is more extensive than I imagined for display in the exhibit; however, it is absolutely necessary. On the other end, seeing the curatorial process in action for the upcoming exhibition is an eye-opener. Throughout an exhibition meeting today, every aspect of the exhibition was scrutinized, images and objects were added and removed, text was changed, and layout was tweaked. It was incredible to see so many people working together to pull off a relatively small exhibition, and it really made me appreciate how much work goes into everything museum professionals do, especially in larger institutions such as The Rooms.
Erica: As we prepare for the upcoming exhibition, I witnessed all the hard work and patience involved with staging a museum for the public. During this time, I have mastered the skill of conditioning reporting. Sometimes it's tricky to condition report artworks since it’s possible that pieces could have "defects" inherent to manufacture. It becomes crucial to develop an eye for recognizing when an imperfection has accumulated over time. Fortunately, I intimately spend time with the artwork and as an art historian, this is the dream! Learning the provenance and life of these objects is so interesting when you allow them to metaphorically speak to you.
Maddy: The most important thing I have learned so far is how to use power tools! Even though it has only been a week, I feel like I’ve learned so much already. Going into this internship, I did not have any background in art, art history, or government. This means that every day I get to learn something new. So far, I have learned how to properly handle and care for the artwork, how to apply backings to the artwork, and how to install the pieces. Much of what I’ve learned so far is about how to move the artwork and how input information into the database.
Erica in front of Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Photo Courtesy of Erica Chi.
Have you found mentorship at your internship? What are the benefits of having mentors in the museum sector?
Keelan: I have absolutely found mentorship at my internship. My supervisor is incredible. She’s brilliant when it comes to curation, and every day I feel like I learn something new from her. I feel fortunate to have multiple mentors here. The individuals with whom I work are open to sharing their experiences and answering my many questions. It’s clear that as an intern, I’m not expected to know everything, and mistakes are okay to make. Generally, I don’t think one can be in the museum sector and not have mentors. The experience of physically being in a museum is quite different from learning in a classroom. Mentors are there to guide, advise, and teach us how to put the theoretical into practice. I also find that much of the learning in museums is mentor-based. To me, this makes mentorship and invaluable asset to museums.
Erica: Upon visiting the Art Museum for a class field trip, Heather Pigat spoke passionately about her work as a Collections Manager. I became enthralled with the possibility of working with the permanent collection and having her as a supervisor. She is an excellent mentor, with years of experience and expertise in various realms of the art world. One thing she emphasizes is the importance of knowing when to turn to others for resources, knowledge, and expertise; power and agency come with understanding your weaknesses and collaborating with others. As the African proverb says, "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
Maddy: I have found a great mentor at my internship. My supervisor is a wealth of knowledge and is more than happy to help whenever I need it. She knows everything about the collection, the government, and the artwork. While the internship has only just started, I know that she will be an excellent mentor, and an incredible person to learn from. It is extremely important to have a mentor in the museum sector. A lot of what we learn in the classroom is useful for our future careers in the museum field. However, it is also beneficial to have an established mentor in the field that has a practical understanding of what is needed to succeed in our chosen careers. Mentors can help to guide us and bring our attention to areas that weren’t considered beforehand. Mentors can teach you so much that cannot be learned in a classroom and can provide real-world advice for prospective museum professionals. What are you excited about accomplishing throughout your internship?
Keelan: I am excited to accomplish the creation and development of an exhibit! It will be interesting to see how different facets of museum work come together to create one exhibition. I’m generally excited to learn new skills and study new histories. As someone new to the east coast, I have a lot to learn over the remaining 11 weeks. I’m excited to see how much knowledge I can gain throughout my time here. Finally, I’m excited to see how I can apply the skills I learn here to other aspects of museums. Even if I do not work in curation, the skillset and experiences I’ll gain will be valuable assets when working in different institutions.
Erica: As an ongoing project with my predecessors at the Art Museum, I am excited to contribute to the longevity of the collections by consolidating various records. Preservation and exhibition of art collections are essential to share knowledge, cultural narratives, and access for future generations. I hope to obtain practical skills and valuable experience in this environment to further understand how museums function and how I can play a contributing role.
Maddy: The thing that I am most excited about accomplishing throughout the internship is the project happening at the Legislative Building in Queen’s Park. I am helping to inventory and clean the artwork, but also with the upcoming election, there is artwork that will need to be moved around. I am most excited about this project because it is a chance to get out of the usual museum setting, and work with the challenges that we will face in regard to dealing with a busy public building. This internship provides many exciting projects and opportunities, but I am most excited about the work that will be happening downtown.
Keelan with her pile of research at the The Rooms! Photo Courtesy of Keelan Cashmore.
If you could create any museum (no matter how ridiculous) what kind of museum would it be?
Keelan: I’m a huge fan of immersive experiences. I think it would be fun to create a space museum… in space! Imagine learning about different aspects of the universe by seeing them up close and personal. Want to learn about Mars? Let’s go to Mars! As a child I was fascinated by space, and I think it would be neat to get to experience the universe the same way I experienced dinosaur bones or ancient cultures – through museums. Obviously, planetariums and science centres exist, but being able to physically be in space, learning about Saturn while standing on Saturn, would be unique and unforgettable.
Erica: I loooooove food (and who doesn’t)! My dream museum would serve different cultural dishes and provide the history behind it. Cuisine is such an integral component of culture and identity; it is so interesting to learn how certain dishes have evolved over time through exposure of various external influences. Both educational and delicious, it also has the potential to be extremely aesthetically pleasing. I’m drooling thinking about this museum now.
Maddy: Something related to space, definitely! I love museums and I love space, so why not combine the two? I love reading and watching films about space, so a museum solely focused on space would be amazing. I would want to include fact and fantasy, especially some conspiracy theories, because how can you have a museum about space without aliens? Ideally the museum would be in space, but that’s probably a job for future museum professionals.
*These interviews have been edited for length and clarity.
