Professor Scott Manning Stevens, a citizen of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, is currently working on a book-length project dealing with these issues between Native American nations and museums. While his focus is largely on Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) communities, he hopes this work will serve as a template for broader application amongst other Indigenous cultures and the museums in which they are represented by collections and exhibits. Stevens considers the many challenges for museums in overcoming the legacy of misappropriation and misrepresentation of Indigenous cultures. [Read more…] about Bringing Indigenous Perspectives into Museums
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Adirondack Experience ‘Artists & Inspiration in the Wild’ Exhibit Gets Boost
The Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, (ADKX, formerly known as the Adirondack Museum) has received a $500,000 grant from the Challenge Grants program of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a federal agency. The funds will help support the $2.25M construction cost of a new Artists & Inspiration in the Wild exhibition effort. [Read more…] about Adirondack Experience ‘Artists & Inspiration in the Wild’ Exhibit Gets Boost
Adirondack Experience Offering Two Fall Festivals
Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, (ADKX) will host two family-friendly fall festivals to close out the 2021 season. [Read more…] about Adirondack Experience Offering Two Fall Festivals
Adirondacks Role in WWII Subject of New Exhibit at ADKX
The Adirondack Experience (ADKX) is set to reopen to the public with “From Wilderness to Warfront: The Adirondacks and World War II,” a new exhibition focused on the contributions of Adirondack people to America’s World War Two effort. [Read more…] about Adirondacks Role in WWII Subject of New Exhibit at ADKX
Adirondack Park Agency at 50: A Free Online Symposium
In June 1971 New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller signed legislation creating the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). Adirondack Experience (ADKX, formally the Adirondack Museum) will host a day-long virtual symposium looking at the APA’s half-century of guiding both management of the Forest Preserve and development on private land in the Adirondack Park, set for Tuesday, June 22nd. [Read more…] about Adirondack Park Agency at 50: A Free Online Symposium
ADKX 2021 Season Events Kicking Off
Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (ADKX), has announced its 2021 schedule of events, including a members-only opening day on May 28th, and the full opening on July 1st. [Read more…] about ADKX 2021 Season Events Kicking Off
Virtual ADKX: Monday Talks, Trivia Nights Start Monday
Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (ADKX) has announced new live programs starting this Monday, July 6 at 7:30 pm. [Read more…] about Virtual ADKX: Monday Talks, Trivia Nights Start Monday
ADKX Museum Launches New Digital Experience For 2020
Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (formerly known as the Adirondack Museum) has announced the launch of its new digital experience – ADKX@HOME.
This new website focuses on a pandemic collecting initiative, delivering fun educational activities for the whole family, and making the ADKX’s world-class collections and experts accessible to the public in new ways. [Read more…] about ADKX Museum Launches New Digital Experience For 2020
Northeast Heritage Economy Grants Awarded
The Preservation League of New York State, as part of a four-state coalition, has announced targeted grants to projects in the communities of Whallonsburg, Saranac Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, and Oneida. [Read more…] about Northeast Heritage Economy Grants Awarded
Adirondack Experience Certified Sensory Inclusive
Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (ADKX), formerly known as the Adirondack Museum, has partnered with KultureCity to make their campus sensory inclusive. This new initiative hopes to promote an accommodating and positive experience for all visitors with a sensory processing disorder. [Read more…] about Adirondack Experience Certified Sensory Inclusive