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Mentoring the mentors from Baruch College

Marcos and I welcomed twelve Baruch College students to the museum in mid-August to attend an orientation and training program. The students had been selected by the college to serve as Peer Mentors for the upcoming 2012-13 academic year. These … Continue reading

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Rubin Museum Welcomes Back Queens College

Queens College is returning to the Rubin Museum this Fall. We’re delighted that Professor Gopal Sukhu will be teaching his East Asian Civilization I course in our Education Center on Friday evenings again. Professor Sukhu’s course will weave together a … Continue reading

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A Visit to Jogyesa Buddhist Temple in Seoul, South Korea

I get slightly jealous of participants in our programs because they get to have so much fun. Once in a while I get to go out and have fun too, and while traveling through Korea and Japan this summer to … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking Strategies and the Rubin Museum

The Rubin Museum is part of a national leadership project and initiative being conducted by Queensborough Community College (CUNY) with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences called Culture and Literacies through Art for the 21st Century or … Continue reading

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University Programs and Partnerships 2011-2012

Museum staff generate innumerable internal reports (often with really interesting information) that no one beyond our grant underwriters and corporate foundations ever see. Breaking with this trend, we’re delighted to share a report that not only reviews our activity with … Continue reading

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Organized Touch Collection – Thank you Box Tops!

Last summer I ventured out to the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver and fell in love with their Multiversity Galleries which showcase over 10,000 objects. Many of the smaller objects were housed in their own little box with label. We … Continue reading

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Casting the Divine: Educator Resource Guide

Following the opening of the exhibition Casting the Divine: Sculptures of the Nyingjei Lam Collection , the Education Department at the Rubin Museum have created an Educator Resource guide that can help both teachers and their students with the exhibitions … Continue reading

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Gateway All Access

This year we wanted to focus on making the Gateway to Himalayan Art exhibition more accessible for all visitors. One of the benefits of having a permanent exhibition at the Rubin Museum is that we are able to continue to … Continue reading

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Amazing Animals in the Gateway to Himalayan Art Exhibition

Every year the light-sensitive paintings in the Gateway to Himalayan Art exhibition are replaced with different works. Though we know what these rotations will be well in advance, when we see the paintings in the gallery there are always new … Continue reading

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Connecting with Queensborough Community College

Imagine attending a college situated on a 37-acre campus that was once home to a golf course. While walking to class in the springtime, you’re surrounded by rolling green lawns, fragrant fruit trees, and splashes of yellow forsythia. Does this … Continue reading

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