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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 16d

Excited for folks to connect with us and the good people over at @nycmer.bsky.social !

Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 16d

Connect with other museum educators and professionals, socialize with your peers, and learn more about what MER and NYCMER have on offer for museum lovers like you.

Asset is located at 329 Columbus Ave, New York NY 10023.

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 16d

Calling all MER New Yorkers!

Join members of Museum Education Roundtable and NYC Museum Educators Roundtable for a happy hour on Monday, September 29th, 5-7pm at Asset.

Same details as in the post- Happy Hour on September 29, 2025, 5-7pm EDT at Asset (329 Columbus Ave, New York NY 10023)

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Amelia Smith @nturavrgcistory.bsky.social · 21d

I am co-editing the Trans Museology issue with @magmidd.bsky.social ! Please share with your circles and consider submitting for this incredibly important issue!

Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

We've got active two calls for papers out now!

Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...

Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...

Journal of Museum Education | 51.3 | Fall 2026
Call for Papers: Trans Museology
Deadline: October 15, 2025

Journal of Museum Education | 51.4 | Winter 2026
Call for Papers: Translating Museum Education
Deadline: October 31, 2025

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

Spread the word!

Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

Consider pitching an article showcasing innovative strategies, describing case studies, and research that advance linguistic equity in museums.

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

Potential topics include:
-Global perspectives on multilingual museums
-Multilingual access programs & evaluation
-Second language acquisition in museum learning
-Indigenous languages & culturally sustaining pedagogy
-Linguistic diversity beyond programming
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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

From Black English to Sign Language, from code-switching to translanguaging, we want to hear how museums around the world are moving beyond monolingual norms and embracing multilingual approaches in programs, interpretation, and institutional culture.
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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

For Translating Museum Education

We’re seeking articles on multilingualism in museum education for a special issue exploring how linguistic diversity transforms visitor engagement and belonging.

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

We welcome challenges, critiques, provocations, and confrontations.

Potential topics include:
-Trans methodology
-Trans labor in museums
-New strategies for interpreting trans content
-Intersections with race, indigeneity, disability
-Anti-colonial approaches

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

There's a gulf between the theory discussed in dissertations and the practice conducted within museum walls. We seek to bridge this gap by inviting a variety of trans museum professionals to offer the insights they have gleaned in their careers and their visions for the future of museum practice. ⬇️

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

For Trans Museology:

We’re seeking articles on trans methodologies in museum education for a special issue, which will put a variety of perspectives from transgender museum professionals in conversation with one another.

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · 21d

We've got active two calls for papers out now!

Trans Museology: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...

Translating Museum Education: www.museumedu.org/journal/call...

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GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · Aug 8

New #job Freelance Facilitators @thelondonarchives.bsky.social

Full details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/freelan...

Apply by Mon 8 September 2025

#GEMJobs #Freelance #FreelanceJobs #EducationJobs #MuseumEducation #MuseumLearning #MuseumEd

Freelance Facilitators - GEM

We are looking to expand our learning programme and work with a group of freelance facilitators who have experience of delivering History workshops in a school and/or heritage setting. We […]

gem.org.uk

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · Aug 8

What a great way to connect with the community!

York Army Museum @yorkarmymuseum.bsky.social · Aug 8

Tomorrow is our Memorabilia Day - bring along your military history queries and we'll try to solve them.

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Dr. Alexandra F. Morris @disabledarchaeo.bsky.social · Aug 7

Come work with a group of passionate museum educators! Happy to answer any questions about the position:

Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · Aug 7

MER is hiring! We're seeking an Operations Manager to begin work with us in September. Applications are due 11:59pm ET on Friday, August 22, 2025, for this remote, part-time position.

Learn more and apply at www.museumedu.org/about/jobs/.

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · Aug 7

This position plays an essential role in promoting the organization and its publication, meeting the needs of MER members, supporting and advancing MER’s equity and inclusion work, and, in doing so, furthering scholarship in the field of museum education.

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · Aug 7

The OM attends monthly virtual Sustainability Team meetings, quarterly board meetings, and an annual retreat (virtual or in-person), reporting on membership analytics, and supporting other MER projects.

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · Aug 7

The role reports to the President of the MER Board of Directors, and is a highly collaborative position that liaises with other board members, the JME’s publisher (Taylor & Francis) and paid contractors (including the JME Co-Editors and especially with the Communications Manager).

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · Aug 7

The Museum Education Roundtable (MER) seeks a part time contract Operations Manager (OM). This role oversees the organization’s operational activities, administrative functions, and contributes to its membership strategy which supports MER’s primary product: the Journal of Museum Education (JME).

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · Aug 7

MER is hiring! We're seeking an Operations Manager to begin work with us in September. Applications are due 11:59pm ET on Friday, August 22, 2025, for this remote, part-time position.

Learn more and apply at www.museumedu.org/about/jobs/.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · Jun 19

Photographs of early #Juneteenth celebrations across Texas and beyond: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/juneteenth-photographs #JuneteenthDay #juneteenth2021

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MS @mimosaishere.bsky.social · Jun 19

"You see someone who needs help, you help them. Tidy up yr corner of the world the best you can, and maybe someone else will see that and take their own actions, and if enough of us do that, at least some of the world becomes better." Hanif A. on Opal Lee:
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

At 98, the Grandmother of Juneteenth Still Has Work to Do

“When he calls me, I don’t plan to be in no rocking chair waiting for him," Opal Lee says. "Too much to be done.”

www.texasmonthly.com

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

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Museum Education Roundtable @museumedrt.bsky.social · Jun 19

This #Juneteenth, we celebrate the museum educators who do the crucial work of cultivating, preserving, and sharing the history of Black struggle, liberation, and life in the United States. We hope today brings encouragement and fuel for the work ahead.

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