Archival Material

Date Original: 2013

Description: Elaine Heumann Gurian, in Managing the Organization, talks about the values and tools that allowed her team and the museum to run an open but structured and effective organization.

Creator(s):Elaine HeumannGurian, author

Keywords:

Date Original: June 2007

Description: Aylette Jenness talks about how she ended up as a developer at the Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Aylette Jenness, interviewee

Keywords: development, staff, interviews

Date Original: April 2009

Description: Janet Kamien tells a story about Elaine Gurian.

Creator(s): Janet Kamien, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: staff, interview

Date Original: to be entered

Description: Flyer advertising the after-hours rental of the Boston Children's Museum for private functions.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: facilities; rental; function; event; private

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Flyer advertising space rental for events at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: events, facilities, rentals

Date Original: January 2001

Description: Exploration of different models for development and staffing at museums, featuring different case studies.

Creator(s): Janet Kamien, author; Curator, publisher

Keywords: models, staffing, museum administration, development

Date Original: ca. 2001

Description: Discussion on exhibit development. "An Advocate For Everything; Exploring Exhibit Development Models"

Creator(s): Janet Kamien, author

Keywords: model; development; exhibit; growth; planning; resource; management; curator

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Andy Merrill.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Andy Merrill.

Creator(s): to be entered

Keywords: staff; portrait; photograph; picture; black and white

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Three individuals smiling in a black and white photograph.

Creator(s): Fay Foto Service, photographer

Keywords: portraits

Date Original: ca. 1981

Description: The annual appeal for donations from the Development and Membership manager to the Children's Museum staff.

Creator(s): Drew Souerwine, author; Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: funds; appeal; donations; staff; membership; development; solicitation

Date Original: November 13, 1981

Description: Memo from Drew Souerwine, Development and Membership Manager, to BCM staff, announcing the 1981-82 solicitation mailing.

Creator(s): Drew Souerwine, author

Keywords: development, fundraising, members, mailings

Date Original: ca. 1982

Description: A collection of newspaper articles and other press coverage about the Art of the Muppets exhibit at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): various newspapers

Keywords: press coverage, publicity, muppets, exhibits

Date Original: ca. 2001

Description: Feature article about Signe Hanson, focusing on her art.

Creator(s): Mindy Pollack-Fusi, author; The Boston Globe, publisher

Keywords: staff, articles

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Article in The Boston Globe titled 'At Home with Singe Hansen'.

Creator(s): Mindi Pollack-Fusi, interviewer/author; Sing Hansen, interviewee

Keywords: article; interview; journalism; boston globe; publication

Date Original: October 2009

Description: Transcript of a videotaped interview with Aylette Jenness, an early employee of the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Mike Spock, interviewer; Ayletter Jenness, interviewee

Keywords: interview; transcript; employee; teaching; artist; education

Date Original: June 2007

Description: Video interview with Aylette Jenness on her hiring and experiences as an employee of the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Aylette Jenness, interviewee; Mike Spock, Interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: employment; staff; development; teamwork; resources; childcare; education

Date Original: June 2007

Description: Video interview with Aylette Jenness, where she states her belief that the constant process of tryout and revision at the Boston Children's Museum was instrumental to its success.

Creator(s): Aylette Jenness, interviewee; Mike Spock, interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: education; adaptation; revision; tryout; literature; development; teamwork

Date Original: February 2009

Description: Transcript of an interview with Bill Mayhew, who created and implemented exhibits for the Boston Children's Museum for many years.

Creator(s): Mike Spock, interviewer; Bill Mayhew, interviewee

Keywords: transcript; interview; exhibit; work study; interpreter; computing

Date Original: November 9, 2006

Description: Video interview with BJ Clemson, where she discusses changes in museum volunteering since her time at the Boston Children's Museum.

>Creator(s): BJ Clemson, interviewee; Mike Spock, Interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: volunteer; dedication; motivation; economy; leadership; resource

Date Original: ca. 2005

Description: Video excerpt from and interview with BJ Clemson in which he talks about the group of volunteers at the Children's Museum.

Creator(s): BJ Clemson, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: volunteers, interviews, collaboration

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Video interview with BJ Clemson on various failed projects at the Boston Children's Museum, including a haunted pirate ship and an IMAX theatre.

Creator(s): BJ Clemson, interviewee; Mike Spock, Interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: experiement; exhibit; attempt; development; teamwork; resources; staff

Date Original: n.d.

Description: A skeleton wearing a top hat and bowtie at the Bones Exhibit.

Creator(s): Dan Spock, photographer

Keywords: bones; picture; funny; exhibit; skeleton; evening wear

Date Original: n.d.

Description: A smiling skeleton from the Bones exhibit.

Creator(s): Dan Spock, photographer

Keywords: exhibits, bones

Date Original: n.d.

Description: A map and directory of the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: map; directory; location; resource; exhibit

Date Original: n.d.

Description: The Boston Children's Museum staff on the floor of the museum with Sing Hanson.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: picture; photograph; staff; floorplan; sing hanson

Date Original: to be entered

Description: Kit with instructions for other museums to set up thier own Bubbles Exhibit.

Creator(s): to be entered

Keywords: rental; bubbles; exhibit; loan; planning; instructions

Date Original: n.d.

Description: A poem by E.E. Cummings transcribed with calligraphy by Phyllis Morrison.

Creator(s): Phyllis Morrison, artist

Keywords: poem; calligraphy; art; decoration; poster

Date Original: n.d.

Description: A staff member constructing part of an exhibit.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff, exhibits, building

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Materials from a planning exercise training staff to develop and plan an imaginary exhibit.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: exhibits, development, planning, training, staff

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Document describing a children at-risk program, which gives at-risk adolescents an opportunity to work for the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: at risk; education; communication; development; teenagers; program

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Directory of exhibits at the Children's Museum by floor.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: visitors, museum publications, maps

Date Original: January 18, 2005

Description:Elaine Gurian explores five different definitions of a museum, and their strengths. 23 pages.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, author

Keywords: museums, philosophy, museum studies

Date Original: ca. 2005

Description: Choosing Among the Options: An Opinion about Museum Definitions.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, author

Keywords: publication; article; opinion; essay; definitions; expansion; boundaries

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and White photograph of D&P team. Labeled: "Janis, Wendy, Agnes, Andy, Ed, Angela, Sing, Julia, and Jane."

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: March 8,1983

Description: Paper given by Elaine Gurian entitled "The Educator as an Exhibition Designe" at the Provisional Program for ICOM CECA Seminar at the Isreal Museum in Jerusalem.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, author

Keywords: lecture; exhibit; program; seminar; speech; paper; expansion; education

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Dennie Udel standing amongst the exhibits.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Dennie Udel.

Creator(s): Unknown

Keywords: picture; black and white; dennie udel

Date Original: 1987

Description: Black and white photograph of the Design and Production team.

Creator(s): Aylette Jenness, photographer

Keywords: staff, design and production, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Design and Production Team posing with a giant coffee cup.

Creator(s): Nava Benjamini, photographer

Keywords: staff, design and production, portraits

Date Original: ca. 1987

Description: The Boston Children's Museum's Design and Production Team at 300 Congress Street.

Creator(s): Aylette Jenness, photographer

Keywords: team; development; production; design; organization; black and white

Date Original: ca. 2005

Description: Video excerpt of Dottie Merrill talking about how developers' jobs at the Children's Museum were dependent on grant funding.

Creator(s): Dottie Merrill, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: grant funding, staffing, development, exhibits, interview

Date Original: September 2006

Description: Dorothy Merrill discusses developer's meetings at the Children's Museum. Filmed September, 2006.

Creator(s): Dorothy Merrill, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: developers, meetings, museum administration, exhibits

Date Original: September 2006

Description: Dorothy Merrell talks about the decisions that were made about possibly having a Babar exhibit at the Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Dottie Merrill, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: exhibits, development, museum administration

Date Original: 2004

Description: Elaine Heumann Gurian AAM Distinguished Service Award acceptance speech.

Creator(s): Elaine Heumann Gurian, author

Keywords: awards, speeches

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Dolls and Toys exhibit.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: exhibits

Date Original: November 2006

Description: Video interview with Dottie Merrill on the problems that managers developers faced, particulary related to funding.

Creator(s): Dottie Merrill, interviewee; Mike Spock,interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: resource; development; grant; funding; employment; budget; staff

Date Original: November 2006

Description: Video interview with Dottie Merrill on the details and difficulties of museum developers' jobs.

Creator(s): Dottie Merrill, interviewee; Mike Spock, interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: organization development; cooperation; leadership; teamwork; collaboration

Date Original: November 2006

Description: Video interview with Dottie Merrill about the museum's efforts to become part of the community, including starting a staff softball team.

Creator(s): Dottie Merrill, Interviewee; Mike Spock, interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: athletics; community; softball; craft; outreach; design; family; softball

Date Original: September 2006

Description: Video interview with Dottie Merrill on the process of decision making in develope's meetings.

Creator(s): Dottie Merrill, interviewee; Mike Spock, interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: meeeting; development; committee; cooperation; leadership; teamwork; collaboration

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Ed Glisson.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: portrait; black and white; picture; photograph

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Ed Glisson from the design and production team.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Postcard from Elaine Gurian to the staff at the Boston Children's Museum, reading "we're still the best!"

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, author

Keywords: postcard; note; thanks; staff; appreciation; museum of science and industry

Date Original: November 2005

Description: Video excerpt of an interview with Elaine Gurian in which she discusses the idea that "people have value, people matter," especially the Children's Museum staff.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: staff, collaboration, museum philosophy, ideas

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Elaine Gurian.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: ca. 2005

Description: Video intervew with Elaine Gurian where she discusses the free and respectful teamwork dynamic at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, interviewee; Mike Spock, interviewer; CarolYourman, videographer

Keywords: teamwork; leadership; group; effort; logic; respect; politics; cooperation

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Elaine Gurian sitting at her desk in the Visito's Center.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Photograph in black and white of Elaine Gurian.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: elaine gurian; picture; photograph; portrait; black and white

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Elaine Gurian and the floor staff team relazing at her home.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Eleanor Chin.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Eleanor Chin.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: portrait; black and white; picture; photograph

Date Original: to be entered

Description: A chart illustrating the process of creating an exhibit.

Creator(s): Sing Hanson, creator

Keywords: exhibit; chart; graph; creation; development; staff; planning

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Sing Hansen's collection of a woman with tools helping construct what appears to be an exhibit.

Creator(s): Sing Hansen, creator

Keywords: picture; exhibit; construction; tools

Date Original: August 1998

Description: Guide to arranging and operating exhibits from the Franklin Institute.

Creator(s): Janet Kamien and Polly McKenna-Cress, authors

Keywords: publication; guide; reference; exhibit; planning; preparation

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Table giving overview of resources associated with different museum themes held or created by the museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: resources, exhibits, programming, collections, educational materials

Date Original: to be entered

Description: Role-playing unit for staff at the Boston Children's Museum to practice setting up exhibits.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: unit; exhibit; roleplay; education; staff; training; exercise

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Collection of flyers and marketing material for exhibits in a kit, created by BCM and sold to other museums.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: exhibits, kits, outreach, collaboration, traveling exhibits

Date Original: March 8, 1983

Description: "Expanding the Definition of Exhibit: A Paper Presented to the Provisional Program for ICOM CECA Seminar-- 'The Educator as an Exhibition Designer' at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem."

Creator(s):Elaine Heumann Gurian, author

Keywords: exhibits, papers, museum studies, design and production

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Illustrated directory of Museum exhibits which cater to children under the age of five.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: guides, exhibits, audience, maps

Date Original: ca. 2005

Description: Video clip in which BJ Clemson talks about proposed Children's Museum projects that never came to be.

Creator(s): BJ Clemson, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: expansion, projects, IMAX, exhibits

Date Original: 1990

Description: Excerpts from "Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment, and Love" booklet.

Creator(s): Aylette Jenness, author; Houghton Mifflin Company, publisher

Keywords: exhibits, traveling exhibits, families, museum publications

Date Original: ca. 1985

Description: Publication advertising the travelling exhibit on diversity in families.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: travelling exhibit; diversity; families; celebration; commitment

Date Original: September 1985

Description: Big Box Exhibits flyer advertising "Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment, and Love" exhibit, created by BCM and sold to other museums.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: Big Box Exhibits, exhibits, collaboration, outreach, flyers

Date Original: ca 1980

Description: Advertisement for free admission for non-profit community groups at thee Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: flyer; poster; advertisement; non- profit; free; group; admission

Date Original: ca 1982

Description: Poster advertising free admission for different school and community groups at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: flyer; poster; advertisement; non- profit; free; group; admission

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Flyer with details on what groups could get into the Children's Museum for free.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: marketing, outreach, community groups, visitors, mailings

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Two page mailing explaining how the Children's Museum is still free to community groups.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: marketing, outreach, community groups, visitors, mailings

Date Original: January 2001

Description: Examination of how the use of space affects museums functions in building community.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, author; Curator, publisher

Keywords: community building, space, outreach, museum philosophy, museum administration

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Gary Berndt with a banana.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Flyer encouraging visitors to give gift memberships to the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: outreach, marketing, memberships, mailings

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Glossary of casual, informal terms used by the staff of the Boston Children's Museum amongst themselves.

Creator(s): to be entered

Keywords: language; terminology; lingo; staff; glossary; slang

Date Original: ca. 1986

Description: Annual t- shirt for the staff for the year 1986 reading 'let's bring back goofy'.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: graphic; design; t-shirt; artwork; logo

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Samples of pioneer graphics used by the Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: museum administration, marketing, outreach

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photo of Susie, Steve, Jane, Sing, and Betsy.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: 1981-1982

Description: Brochure with details about group visits to the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: outreach, events, audiences

Date Original: n.d.

Description: List of visits from schools and community groups to the Boston Children's Museum organized by town.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Musuem

Keywords: group; community; organization; visit; outing

Date Original: ca. 2005

Description: Speech given by Elaine Gurian for 'Hands On' at the Lisbon Children's Museum Conference.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, author

Keywords: speech; conference; writing; hands-on; assembly

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Flyer containing ideas and suggestions on how to help chilldren share.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: parenting, sharing, outreach, resources, flyers, education

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Part one of a zoetrope of tumbling pigs from the How Movies Move Exhibit.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: exhibit; films; movies; zoetrope; graphic; projection

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Part two of a zoetrope of tumbling pigs from the How Movies Move Exhibit.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: exhibit; films; movies; zoetrope; graphic; projection

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Memo to all staff with instructions about how to handle the press during the Muppet exhibit, and in cases of crisis or disaster. 2 pages.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: museum administration, public relations, press coverage, memos, staff

Date Original: ca. 2003

Description: Excerpt from an interview in which Elaine Gurian talks about how everyone hired at the Children's Museum played a critical (if sometimes unconventional) role in the functioning of the museum.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: staff, collaboration, teamwork, museum administration, human resources

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Overview of how statistics are taken into account when determining if an exhibit is in-depth.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: audience, programming, outreach, in-depth, statistics

Date Original: 1970

Description: Excerpt from Inside Summerhill: as told by a 16-year old boy who has just returned to the States after spending four years as a student in A.S. Neill's famed Summerhill School in England,

Creator(s): Joshua Popene, author; Hart Publishing Company, publisher

Keywords: education, exhibit materials, supplementary materials

Date Original: n.d.

Description: The interpreters at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: picture; photograph; interpreters; staff; black and white

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white group photograph of Interpreters and Vistitor Center staff.

Creator(s): Joel Hoo, photographer

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: February 15, 2005

Description: Paper delivered for the New England Museums Conference by Elaine Gurian, addressing how the incorporation of varying world views affects exhibit planning. 13 pages.

Creator(s): ElaineHeumann Gurian, author

Keywords: exhibits, audiences, museum philosophy

Date Original: ca. 1979

Description: T- shirt for museum staff who managed to stick it out at jamaica Plain reading 'it's only until April'.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: t-shirt; jamaica plain; graphic; design; logo; slogan

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Jane Tonchiana

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: March 2009

Description: Video interview with Janet Kamien telling a story about Elaine Gurian.

Creator(s): Janet Kamien, interviewee; Mike Spock, interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: anecdote; staff; cooperation; teamwork; resources; childcare

Date Original: April 2009

Description: Video interview with Janet Kamien telling a story about Elaine Gurian.

Creator(s): Janet Kamien, interviewee; Mike Spock, interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: anecdote; staff; cooperation; teamwork; resources; childcare

Date Original: April 2009

Description: Video interview with Janet Kamien on the close relationships among the staff at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Janet Kamien, interviewee; Mike Spock, interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: relationship; staff; cooperation; teamwork; management

Date Original: September 2009

Description: Transcript of an interview with John Spalvins, who worked for the boston Children's Museum when it was still known as the Resource Center.

Creator(s): Mike Spock, interviewer; John Spalvins, interviewee

Keywords: transcript; interview; resource center; construction; development; exhibit; water; what's new

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Color photograph of John Spalvins.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Bookmark with inscription, "This book is given in memory of Kaki Aldrich, who taught at the Children's Museum."

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff, publications, ephemera

Date Original: to be entered

Description: Bookmark in memory of Kaki Aldrich, who taught at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): to be entered

Keywords: bookmark; death; memory; kaki aldrich; education

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Kathy Bind.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Flyer alerting audiences that kits developed by the Children's Museum could also be rented through the Hitchcock Cente's Resource Center.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum, Hitchcock Center for the Environment

Keywords: outreach, kits, education, collaboration

Date Original: September 29, 2009

Description: Transcript from interview with Lennie Gotleib.

Creator(s): Lennie Gotlieb, interviewee; Mike Spock, interviewer

Keywords: transcript, interview, staff

Date Original: Oct 20, 2005

Description: Video excerpt from an group interview in which Elaine Gurian, Mike Spock, Pat Steuert, and Jim Zein discuss developer meetings and how staff members learned from each other

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, Mike Spock, Pat Steuart, Jim Zein, interviewees; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: management, learning, collaboration, teamwork

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Masa Sato and Lisa Sankowski

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: 1981

Description: Flyer describing summer courses made available through the Boston Children's Museum, Congress Street Boston, and The Massachusetts College of Art aimed at artists and teachers.

Creator(s): MassAer Visual Learning Institute

Keywords: collaboration, education, coursework, art, creative teaching

Date Original: November 2006

Description: Video excerpt from an interview with Pat Steuert in which she talks about the matrix system at the Children's Museum which was put in place to keep track of grant funds.

Creator(s): Pat Steuart, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: computers, IT, museum administration, finances, grant funding, accounting

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Phyllis van Wart, Eleanor Chin, Nona Syla, Silvia Swan, et al., trying on costumes from the Medieval MATCh box.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: MATChbox, history, costumes, staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Membership form for the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: member; flyer poster; advertisement; education; exhibit

Date Original: ca. 1982

Description: Award for the staff after the Muppet Exhibit of 1982.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: award; certificate; muppet; exhibit; staff

Date Original: ca. 1982

Description: Thank you note to the staff of the Boston Children's Museum from Elaine Gurian after the Muppet Exhibit.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, author; Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: exhibit; development; muppets; staff; director; note

Date Original: ca. 1982

Description: T- shirt design by Andy Merriell for the Muppets Exhibit.

Creator(s): Andy Merriell, designer; Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: t-shirt; graphic; muppets; design; exhibit; logo

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Schedule for a seminar for training guides at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Musuem

Keywords: training; staff; directions; schedule; seminar; planning

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Susie, Steve, Jane, Sing, and Betsy at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: picture; photograph; staff; black and white; exhibit; craft

Date Original: ca. 1983

Description: Selections of articles from from Museums, Adults, and the Humanities: a Guide to Educational Programming, including an article by Elaine Gurian entitled "Adult Learning at Children's Museum of Boston".

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, author; American Association of Museum, publisher

Keywords: learning; development; study; program; method; publication

Date Original: ca. 1981

Description: Program for the Third Musuem Education Association of Australia Conference where Elaine Gurian delivered the keynote address, entitled "The Ten Most Often Asked Questions".

Creator(s): Museum Education Association of Australia; Elaine Gurian, speaker

Keywords: speech; address; conference; staff; lecture; education; international

Date Original: 1984

Description: Flyer announcing new after school programs at the Children's Museum for older kids.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: outreach, programming, audiences, after-school, marketing

Date Original: November 2005

Description: Excerpt from interview with Elain Gurian in which she discusses the learning environment at the Children's Museum, and the fact that failure was encouraged as a learning experience

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: museum philosophy, learning, staff, adaptability

Date Original: November 2005

Description: Elaine Gurian talks about her professional experiences working at the Children's Museum in this video interview.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: staff, reflection, leadership, museum philosophy

Date Original: November 2006

Description: Video interview with Pat Steuert on the matrix system that she developed with Elaine Gurian.

Creator(s): Pat Steuert, interviewee; Mike Spock, interviewer; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: matrix; staff; education; development; teamwork; resources

Date Original: n.d.

Description: The Boston Children's Museum staff inside a photo booth.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Mike Spock, Elaine Gurian, Pat Steuert, and Jeri Robinson in the Playspace Exhibit.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: picture; photograph; quartet; staff; leadership; exhibit

Date Original: to be entered

Description: A list of books that staff at the Boston Children's Museum recommended for children.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: reading; recommendations; education; staff

Date Original: October 20, 2005

Description: Video excerpt from an group interview in which Elaine Gurian, Mike Spock, Pat Steuert, and Jim Zein discuss budgeting matters at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, Mike Spock, Pat Steuart, Jim Zein, interviewees; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: budget, funding, finances, museum administration

Date Original: n.d.

Description: List of school and community groups in the Boston area.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: outreach, community, visitors, programs, audience

Date Original: ca. 1981-1982

Description: Flyer with the schedules for school group visits at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: education; community; exhibit; schedule; group

Date Original: November 19, 1981

Description: Staff schedule for local school's holiday vacation week at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: schedule; planning' list; staff; event; education

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Sing Hanson's slides of the Boston Children's Museum of the signs for different exhibits.

Creator(s): Sing Hansen, creator; Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: slide; photograph; sign; picture; exhibit

Date Original: November 2009; date original to be entered

Description: Transcript of a videotaped interview with Sing Hanson, who worked in exhibit design and production at the Boston Children's Museum from 1967 to 2001.

Creator(s): Sing Hanson, Interviewee

Keywords: transcript; interview; exhibit; production; design; group collaboration

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Sing Hansen and others.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: T-shirt for the Boston Children's Museum softball team, designed by Andy Merriell.

Creator(s): Merriell, Andy- Designer; Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: t shirt; sports; softball; graphic; design; athletics

Date Original: n.d.

Description: The staff in front of the giant coffee cup.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: coffee; cup; novelty; black and white; picture; photograph

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Aprons worn by staff members at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: clothes; staff; uniform; apron; picture; photograph

Date Original: n.d.

Description: The staff of the Boston Children's Museum at a retreat New Hampshire.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: retreat; vacation; planning; staff; wharf

Date Original: ca. 1985

Description: Cookbooklet compiled by the staff at the Boston Children's Museum and edited by Besty Allen and Dottie Merrill.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: cooking; staff; compilation; recipe; food; ideas

Date Original: September 2005

Description: Video excerpt from and interview with Dorothy Merrill in which she discusses the way staff input was valued.

Creator(s): Dorothy Merrill, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: collaboration, museum culture, philosophy, staff

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Eleanor Chin, Aylette Jenness, Kevin Gillespie, and a dog .

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: portrait; black and white; picture; photograph

Date Original: April 2009

Description: Video excerpt in which Janet Kamien talks about the close relationships that the Children's Museum staff formed with one another.

Creator(s): Janet Kamien, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: staff, collaboration, workplace culture, museum philosophy

Date Original: 1982-1983

Description: The Children's Museum statistical report for the week ending January 30, 1983.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: statistics, reports, museum administration

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Susie Manning.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: picture; portrait; black and white; Susie manning; photograph

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Black and white photograph of Susie Manning and John Spalvins.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: staff; picture; portrait; black and white; photograph

Date Original: ca. early 1980's

Description: T-shirt designed by Sing Hansen of tumbling children that was sold in the Boston Children's Museum gift shop.

Creator(s): Hansen, Sing- Designer; Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: t- shirt; graphic; souvenir; sale; tumbling; game; clothing

Date Original: ca. 1980

Description: Annual t- shirt for 1980, commemorating the move to Museum Wharf.

Creator(s): Hanson, Sing- Designer

Keywords: design; graphic; logo; wharf; staff

Date Original: ca. 1981

Description: Staff t- shirt for 1981 reading 'making it in Massachusetts'.

Creator(s): Hanson, Sing- Designer

Keywords: t-shirt; design; logo; massachusetts; move; wharf; staff

Date Original: ca. 1983

Description: Staff t- shirt for 1983, when the rabbit logo was retired.

Creator(s): Hanson, Sing- Designer

Keywords: t-shirt; artwork; graphic; logo; design; staff; commemoration

Date Original: ca. 1985

Description: T-shirt designed by Sing Hanson the year that the Boston Children's Museum was working with Jamaica Plain.

Creator(s): Hanson, Sing- Designer; Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: t-shirt; graphic; jamaica plain; art; design

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Diagram showing stages of exhibit development when done by a group.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: exhibit development, collaboration, teamwork, diagram, museum administration

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Elaine Gurian leading a team meeting at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff; meeting; team; leadership; gathering

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Elaine leading a team meeting in Sit-Around.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: meetings, leadership, teamwork, museum administration

Date Original: March 2007

Description: Interview with Teresa Amabile in the HBS Alumni Bulletin entitled "The Joy of Work: Understanding Creativity in Organizations".

Creator(s): Deborah Blagg, interviewer; Teresa Amabile, interviewee; HBS Alumni Bulletin

Keywords: interview; creativity; organizations; alumni; experience; workplace

Date Original: August 1981

Description: Speech given by Elaine Heumann Gurian. From "Museums & Education: What now? What next?"

Creator(s): Elaine Heumann Gurian, author; Museums & Education Conference, publisher

Keywords: museums, museum field, speeches, museum philosophy

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Video interview with the board discussing their management techciques and experiences.

Creator(s): Pat Steuert; Mike Spock, interviewees

Keywords: management; technique; leadership; innovation; community; experience

Date Original: October 20,2005

Description: Video interview with the management board discussing the sacrifices that they made to balance the budget at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Pat Steuert & Mike Spock, interviewees

Keywords: management; technique; leadership; innovation; finances; budget

Date Original: October 20, 2005

Description: Video excerpt from an group interview in which Elaine Gurian, Mike Spock, Pat Steuert, and Jim Zein discuss the Board of the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian, Mike Spock, Pat Steuart, Jim Zein, interviewees; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: board, museum administration, collaboration

Date Original: October 20, 2005

Description: Video excerpt from an group interview in which Elaine Gurian, Mike Spock, Pat Steuert, and Jim Zein discuss the budgeting processof the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Elaine Gurian; Mike Spock; Pat Steuart; Jim Zein, interviewees; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: budget, finances, accounting, funding, museum administration

Date Original: 08/1998

Description: Exhibit planning guide, prepared by Janet Kamien & Polly McKenna-Cress. 10 pages.

Creator(s): Kamien, Janet and Polly McKenna-Cress- authors

Keywords: exhibit planning, guides, museum administration

Date Original: March 2007

Description: "The Joy of Work: Understanding Creativity in Organizations"

Creator(s): Deborah Blagg, author; HBS Alumni Bulletin, publisher

Keywords: creativity, museum philosophy, leadership, non-profit administration

Date Original: ca. 1982

Description: Series of articles by various authors on the Art of the Muppets Exhibit.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: article; publication; exhibit; artwork; muppets; development

Date Original: April 2009

Description: Video interview with Janet Kamien discussing how exhibit design work flow was administered through "brokers," point people for different tasks, and the brokers responsibilities

Creator(s): Janet Kamien, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: exhibit design, museum administration, teamwork, collaboration

Date Original: ca. 2005

Description: Video excerpt in which Dorothy Merrill talks about the Children's Museum's softball team and their uniforms.

Creator(s): Dorothy Merrill, interviewee; Carol Yourman, videographer

Keywords: teamwork, staff, team building, recreation, workplace culture

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Pictures of dolls in a display case at the Toys Exhibit.

Creator(s): John Spalvins, creator

Keywords: dolls; exhibit; toys; photograph

Date Original: 1981

Description: Description of festive activities to take place at the museum over winter vacation.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: outreach, publicity, press coverage, programming

Date Original: n.d.

Description: The Visitor Center staff on Jamaica Plain deck.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Eleanor Chin, Kevin Gillespie, Aylette Jenness, and a fourth staffer pose outside the museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: staff, portraits

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Signage at the Children's Museum, directing visitors to exhbitis.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: Visitor Center, signs, visitors, museum interior, accessibility

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Wendy and Agnes looking grumpy as they work at the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: black and white; photograph; picture; portrait; wendy; agnes; tools

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Funny photograph of Wendy Wilson and Agnes de Bethane making faces.

Creator(s): unknown

Keywords: funny; novelty; black and white; picture; photograph

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Details on the benefits of volunteering at The Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Muesum

Keywords: volunteers, publications, ephemera, outreach, publicity