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Museum Archipelago

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Ian Elsner

A tiny show guiding you through the rocky landscape of museums. Museum Archipelago believes that no museum is an island and that museums are not neutral. Taking a broad definition of museums, host Ian Elsner brings you to different museum spaces around the world, dives deep into institutional problems, and introduces you to the people working to fix them. Each episode is never longer than 15 minutes, so let’s get started.

#110

110. Revisiting The ‘Enola Gay Fiasco’ Today

For the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Smithsonian National Air and Spac... more

14 Apr 2025

21 MINS

21:26

14 Apr 2025

#109

109. The Rise and Fall of Enterprise Square, USA

For the last few decades of the 20th century, if you visited Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, you ... more

24 Feb 2025

15 MINS

15:52

24 Feb 2025

#108

108. The Museum of Utopia and Daily Life

The tension is right there in the name of the Museum of Utopia and Daily Life. It sits ins... more

09 Dec 2024

19 MINS

19:09

09 Dec 2024

#107

107. Crypto and Museums Part 1

In November 2021, an extremely rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution was put up for... more

23 Sep 2024

18 MINS

18:35

23 Sep 2024

#106

106. Last Call on 'The Streets of Old Milwaukee'

I remember visiting – and loving – The Streets of Old Milwaukee exhibit at the Milwaukee P... more

29 Jul 2024

18 MINS

18:43

29 Jul 2024

#105

105. Building a Better Visitor Experience with Open Source Software

While working at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History during the pandemic, [Dr. Mo... more

15 Apr 2024

14 MINS

14:58

15 Apr 2024

#104

104. What Large Institutions Can Learn From Small Museums

The [Murney Tower Museum] (https://www.murneytower.com) in Kingston, Ontario, Canada is a ... more

26 Feb 2024

14 MINS

14:52

26 Feb 2024

#103

103. How Computers Transformed Museums and Created A New Type of Professional

Computing work keeps museums running, but it’s largely invisible. That is, unless somethin... more

13 Nov 2023

14 MINS

14:59

13 Nov 2023

#102

102. Copies in Museums

On Berlin’s [Museum Island] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_Island) , four stone lio... more

31 Jul 2023

14 MINS

14:55

31 Jul 2023

#101

101. Buzludzha Always Centered Visitor Experience. Dora Ivanova is Using Its Structure to Create a N...

Since it opened in 1981 to celebrate the ruling Bulgarian Communist Party, Buzludzha has c... more

23 Jan 2023

19 MINS

19:48

23 Jan 2023

#100

100. The Archipelago Museum

In the early days of this podcast, every time I searched for Museum Archipelago on the int... more

28 Nov 2022

11 MINS

11:23

28 Nov 2022

#99

99. Museums in Video Games

The Computer Games Museum in Berlin knows that its visitors want to play games, so it lets... more

08 Aug 2022

14 MINS

14:20

08 Aug 2022

#98

98. At the Panama Canal Museum, Ana Elizabeth González Creates a Global Connection Point

When Ana Elizabeth González was growing up in Panama, the history she learned about the Pa... more

14 Feb 2022

13 MINS

13:03

14 Feb 2022

#97

97. Richard Nixon Hoped to Never Say These Words about Apollo 11. In A New Exhibit, He Does.

As the Apollo 11 astronauts hurtled towards the moon on July 18th, 1969, members of the Ni... more

17 Jan 2022

14 MINS

14:58

17 Jan 2022

#96

96. Tegan Kehoe Explores American Healthcare Through 50 Museum Artifacts

Public historian and writer Tegan Kehoe knows that museum visitors act differently around ... more

15 Nov 2021

14 MINS

14:57

15 Nov 2021

#95

95. The Museum of Technology in Helsinki, Finland Knows Even the Most Futuristic Technology Will One...

In 1969, noticing that technological progress was changing their fields, heads of Finish i... more

31 Aug 2021

11 MINS

11:31

31 Aug 2021

#94

94. Jazz Dottin Guides Viewers Through Massachusetts’s Buried Black History

The deliberate exclusion of Black history and the history of slavery in the American South... more

28 Jun 2021

11 MINS

11:54

28 Jun 2021

#93

93. Bulgaria’s Narrow Gauge Railway Winds Through History. Ivan Pulevski Helped Turn One of Its Stat...

In 1916, concerned that the remote Rhodope mountains would be hard to defend against forei... more

07 Jun 2021

11 MINS

11:10

07 Jun 2021

#92

92. The Pleven Panorama Museum Transports Visitors Through Time, But Not Space

The Pleven Panorama transports visitors through time, but not space. The huge, hand-painte... more

03 May 2021

12 MINS

12:22

03 May 2021

#91

91. How Fake Museums Are Used in Theme Parks with Shaelyn Amaio

Museums can be a shorthand for truth, or for history, or for what a culture values. Disney... more

19 Apr 2021

12 MINS

12:35

19 Apr 2021

#90

90. Civil Rights Progress Isn't Linear. The Grove Museum Interprets Tallahassee's Struggle in an Une...

The Grove Museum inside the historic Call/Collins House is one of Tallahassee’s newest mus... more

15 Mar 2021

14 MINS

14:53

15 Mar 2021

#89

89. Tehmina Goskar Critically Engages with Curation, Wherever It Happens

Dr. Tehmina Goskar, director of the Curatorial Research Centre, co-founded MuseumHour with... more

22 Feb 2021

14 MINS

14:47

22 Feb 2021

#88

88. Jérôme Blachon Collects and Transmits Precious Memories at the Museum of Resistance and Deportat...

During World War II, a Nazi collbatoring regime governed the south of France, and the city... more

25 Jan 2021

07 MINS

07:25

25 Jan 2021

#87

87. The Vitosha Bear Museum Lives in a Tiny Mountain Hut

Vitosha Mountain, the southern border of Sofia, Bulgaria, is home to about 15 brown bears ... more

16 Nov 2020

09 MINS

09:13

16 Nov 2020

#86

86. Nashid Madyun Fights the Compression of Black History at the Meek-Eaton Black Archives

History professor Dr. James Eaton taught his students with the mantra: “African American H... more

21 Sep 2020

13 MINS

13:25

21 Sep 2020

#85

85. The John G. Riley House is All That Remains of Smokey Hollow. Althemese Barnes Turned It Into a ...

During the period of Jim Crow and the Black Codes, a self-sustaining Black enclave called ... more

31 Aug 2020

14 MINS

14:54

31 Aug 2020

#84

84. On Richmond’s Transformed Monument Avenue, A Group of Historians Erect Rogue Historical Markers

Near the empty pedestals of Confederate figures that used to tower over Monument Avenue in... more

10 Aug 2020

14 MINS

14:25

10 Aug 2020

#83

83. Chris Newell Forges The Snowshoe Path as the First Wabanaki Leader of the Abbe Museum

Chris Newell remembers the almost giddy level of excitement he felt when he visited the Ab... more

06 Jul 2020

14 MINS

14:59

06 Jul 2020

#82

82. Statues and Museums

In the wake of the racist murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter protes... more

15 Jun 2020

11 MINS

11:01

15 Jun 2020

#81

81. Living History in a Pandemic at Old Sturbridge Village

Old Sturbridge Village is a living history museum in Massachusetts depicting life in rural... more

01 Jun 2020

12 MINS

12:30

01 Jun 2020

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#110

110. Revisiting The ‘Enola Gay Fiasco’ Today

#109

109. The Rise and Fall of Enterprise Square, USA

#108

108. The Museum of Utopia and Daily Life

#107

107. Crypto and Museums Part 1

#106

106. Last Call on 'The Streets of Old Milwaukee'

#105

105. Building a Better Visitor Experience with Open Source Software

#104

104. What Large Institutions Can Learn From Small Museums

#103

103. How Computers Transformed Museums and Created A New Type of Professional

#102

102. Copies in Museums

#101

101. Buzludzha Always Centered Visitor Experience. Dora Ivanova is Using Its Structure to Create a N...

#100

100. The Archipelago Museum

#99

99. Museums in Video Games

#98

98. At the Panama Canal Museum, Ana Elizabeth González Creates a Global Connection Point

#97

97. Richard Nixon Hoped to Never Say These Words about Apollo 11. In A New Exhibit, He Does.

#96

96. Tegan Kehoe Explores American Healthcare Through 50 Museum Artifacts

#95

95. The Museum of Technology in Helsinki, Finland Knows Even the Most Futuristic Technology Will One...

#94

94. Jazz Dottin Guides Viewers Through Massachusetts’s Buried Black History

#93

93. Bulgaria’s Narrow Gauge Railway Winds Through History. Ivan Pulevski Helped Turn One of Its Stat...

#92

92. The Pleven Panorama Museum Transports Visitors Through Time, But Not Space

#91

91. How Fake Museums Are Used in Theme Parks with Shaelyn Amaio

#90

90. Civil Rights Progress Isn't Linear. The Grove Museum Interprets Tallahassee's Struggle in an Une...

#89

89. Tehmina Goskar Critically Engages with Curation, Wherever It Happens

#88

88. Jérôme Blachon Collects and Transmits Precious Memories at the Museum of Resistance and Deportat...

#87

87. The Vitosha Bear Museum Lives in a Tiny Mountain Hut

#86

86. Nashid Madyun Fights the Compression of Black History at the Meek-Eaton Black Archives

#85

85. The John G. Riley House is All That Remains of Smokey Hollow. Althemese Barnes Turned It Into a ...

#84

84. On Richmond’s Transformed Monument Avenue, A Group of Historians Erect Rogue Historical Markers

#83

83. Chris Newell Forges The Snowshoe Path as the First Wabanaki Leader of the Abbe Museum

#82

82. Statues and Museums

#81

81. Living History in a Pandemic at Old Sturbridge Village