Message in a Milk Bottle: Creating a Geometric Community Garden
This blog post was written by Health and Wellness intern, Lilly Day. She is a graduate student from Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University pursuing a…
Passover Memories in Collections
The Museum’s April vacation week theme is “Tell me a Story,” a perfect opportunity to share a story from the collection. With an estimated 50,000 items, the collection holds a…
Hidden Object Highlight: Feathered Capes
Every day, I come in to work and am surrounded by treasures. My “office” is a veritable cabinet of curiosities, and it is my job to gain an understanding of…
From the Scrapbooks: Boston Children’s Pet Shows of the 1920s
Being the archivist at Boston Children’s Museum means that I often come across little tidbits of information that I want to chase until I have the whole story. Recently,…
Hidden Object Highlight: Oware
This blog post was written by Kelsey Petersen, the Elvira Growdon Intern for Collections and Archives Management for fall 2018. Kelsey is currently a second year M.A. candidate at Tufts…
Talking to Children About Tragic Events
Our deepest condolences go out to the families of the victims of the attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue this past weekend. This terrible crime is an attack on…
Lunch and Learn: Changing the Channel on Children’s Media
It’s official—the digital age is getting younger. This revelation is far from shocking. After all, iPhones have long been parents’ last line of defense against restless toddlers to the point…
Hidden Object Highlight – Fijian Fork
Hannah Barber is the Elvira Growdon Intern for Collections and Archives Management for summer 2018. Hannah is a current student at Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts pursuing…
The Power of Play 