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Interns Past Exhibits

Real Life, On Display

Blog post by Exhibitions Intern Emilia Halvorsen. To read  more posts by and about interns click HERE. We were looking at a big wooden cabinet, partially shrouded by a thin sheet of protective foam. Even covered up, it was clearly an …

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Collections

Happy Boxing Day from the JMM!

Here’s a few of my favorite boxes from the collections!

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Collections Interns

Help Us Build Our Collections!

From Collections Intern Clare Robbins. Clare is working with Senior Collections Manager Jobi Zink. Here at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, we recently received two souvenir plates that were part of the Historic Baltimore series from Hutzler Brothers Company, and …

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Collections Museum Stories World of Museums

Copyright Basics: A Workshop

A blog post by Senior Collections Manager Jobi Zink. Friday morning, fresh from her hellacious 6 hour train trip to New York, Karen and I headed into DC for a day-long workshop about copyright basics. Trust me, if you work …

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Collections For Researchers

MS 80 Harry Greenstein Collection

It’s that time again: another JMM finding aid post. Today’s post features the personal papers of Harry Greenstein, a prominent Baltimorean. Read a little about his life and his collection here. Harry Greenstein, 1896-1971 Collection, n.d., 1916-1975 MS 80 The …

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Interns jewish museum of maryland Past Exhibits

Friday Frenzy!

A blog post by Senior Collections Manager Jobi Zink. Now that the Jewish Museum of Maryland is open to the public 10-5 Sunday-Thursday, staff has a lot less time to get the behind-the-scenes work-in-public-spaces done. Here’s what we accomplished today …

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Collections For Researchers

Americanizing Chanukah

A blog post by Historian Deb Weiner. Last week, a reporter from the Jewish Times called to ask when Chanukah gift-giving first became popular in America. I had no clue, but I knew where to find the answer: in the …

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jewish museum of maryland

Howard & Lex: The Way We Roll

Ladies, do you remember putting on your white gloves and taking the street car downtown to go shopping at Hutzler’s, Hochschild Kohn & Co, Stewarts or the May Company?   Did Deb Weiner’s blog post about saving Read’s Drug Store …

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Museum Stories World of Museums

Highlights from the Detroit Art Scene: Part II

A blog post by Senior Collections Manager Jobi Zink. I had no idea that all of this amazing art and history was hidden in Detroit. Thank you, Deborah, Josh, Terri & Stephen and the rest of CAJM, for the opportunity …