About Call ‘Em Like Museum
Why do we go to museums?
What do they do to us, and for us?
What is it like behind the scenes of a museum?
How do curators decide what to exhibit, and where to put it?
Who works in museums? Why?
What do they want us to know about their work?
How can we become smarter, savvier museum visitors?
These are the sort of questions that inspired me to create Call ‘Em Like Museum.
As a kid, I didn’t think too deeply about museums. We’d go on field trips to big boxes where interesting stuff was collected, and there was a bunch of boring text on the wall that I never, ever read.
To all of the museum professionals reading this: Sorry.
As an adult, I love museums. First, I learned to see them a fun thing to do with friends and family; then, as fascinating operations, where our attention is guided and our energy is managed; and finally, as surviving & thriving icons of an era before AI chatbots and on-demand knowledge.
Today, you can learn almost anything or see almost any work of art without ever leaving your home. So why do hundreds of millions of us still go to museums every year?
Let’s find out, together. Please check out Call ‘Em Like Museum wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to the newsletter so that you never miss an episode!
