Hello everyone and Happy Friday!
It is the end of the month and that means it's time for our monthly blog post. As we've been onboarding Devin (and Alyssa and Daniel), we've been doing a lot of walks & talks down memory lane. We've also been recognizing what an interesting, dare I say special, time it is right now for ANSM. We've grown from a 3 to 4 person team, we've brought in a new Executive Director, and we've been building bridges into communities and learning so, so much from these relationships.
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Karin during site visit travels
Cape Breton highlands, 2008 |
In 2008 ANSM was still figuring out its new focus on museums, leaving behind the Federation of Nova Scotian Heritage identity. We were getting a lot of questions from member museums, and one of the requests was for increased communications about daily activities. People wanted to know how we were spending our time in the office and on the road. Totally fair. So with the help of a CMA conference workshop, I started this blog to share updates about the Passage Project (now Advisory Service) part of the ANSM operations. Over the years the blog grew and evolved beyond a reporting tool to one that shared book reviews and recaps of training opportunities, ruminated on museum theory and practice, and allowed me to indulge my love of writing.
It is with a smile on my face that I share that this blog is being retired.
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Ryan, Allie & Karin
Queen Elizabeth Jubilee
Medal Ceremony, 2022 |
When the blog was started I was a fresh-faced emerging professional, figuring out adulthood on my own. Over the years this blog became a place for me (and other staff) to share our experiences in this wonderful profession and some pretty important personal milestones. I feel so incredibly privileged to work for ANSM and its member museums. I am so thankful for the professional relationships and friendships that have been forged over the past 15+ years. I believe in what we do, love that we are all on this journey together, and am so excited for what's coming next.
Rest assured that we will not only keep up with communications, but are ramping up. We are embracing the built-in
blogging capacity of our new website and will continue to share news, updates, and musings on our work and the work of the broader museum community. Thank you for reading and I hope that you will continue to follow along with ANSM's adventures.
In the words of a wonderful mentor of mine, ONWARDS!
~Karin
