Stay Tuned...

I never thought I would end up starting to write a blog but since it appears that I have...

Welcome to Going Beyond the Glass. My goal: to share my thoughts about museums and historic sites without boring anyone who should choose to read them.

Although my background is in collections, I have recently found myself working in visitor services, a development which has given me a new perspective on museums and historic sites and the ways in which they present themselves to the public. It has allowed me to think differently about what museums do that does and does not work, as well as how to make visitor experiences more productive and enjoyable.

So here it is. Feel free to suggest places that I should visit in the Philadelphia area and to disagree with my observations. First up: the Mutter Museum and the Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology.