The Museum Files Podcast

Welcome back to Season 2 of The M Files Podcast!

To kick off our second season, we're joined by Heather Coffman. Heather is the museum registrar at the Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center in …

Six months and fifteen episodes later we've come to end of the first season of "The M Files." Listen in as John, Valerie, and Patti talk about some lessons learned about podcasting and how the pandem…

Hey museum fans, this week we have a fantastic episode featuring Danny Bills. Danny is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art in Wichita Falls, Texas. As both a…

This week the M Files team welcomes an old friend to the program, Dave Kennedy. Dave is the curator of collections for the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Before his time with the USMM,…

This week the M Files goes to the east coast to speak with Cyrus Green. Cyrus is a Curatorial Assistant at The Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. Founded in 1859 by zoologist Louis Agassiz, the M…

This week we journey to California for a special interview with an old friend. Benjamin Clark's museum career includes almost two decades of experiences. His current position allows him to work close…

Educator, curator, graphic designer, historian, and published author, this week's guest has worn a lot of different museum "hats." Join us in welcoming Lauren Hunley to The M Files. Lauren is the com…

History museums often preserve and interpret the stories of areas, people, or specific events. Our guest this week on The M Files leads an institution describing a little known movement in American h…

Happy New Year!

We're kicking off 2021 with a new episode of "The M Files." Listen in as John, Patti, Val pull another topic out of the magic hat for the "Museum Wire." Later in the program we intervi…

Join us for our last episode of 2020! In this episode listen in as John Patti, and Val pull another topic out of the hat for a brief round table discussion during the Museum Wire. Late we share our i…

This week we welcome our good friend Nathan Doerr to the program. Nathan is the Willis McDonald IV Curator of Natual Science at the Draper Natural History Museum. The Draper is part of the Buffalo Bi…

This week we discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on museums followed by an interview with Lisa Hatchadoorian from the Museum of Art Fort Collins  in Fort Collins, Colorado.

In our "Museum Wire…

This week we explore the ethical dilemma of selling museum collections followed by an interview with Andrew Dunehoo from The Indian Museum of North America at the Crazy Horse Monument in South Dakota…

The M Files is bringing out its first bonus episode. Recently the Mountain Plains Museum Association held a virtual conference. One of six regional museum associations in the United States, MPMA, pla…

On this week's edition of The M Files, Val, Patti, and John are back for another round of museum podcasting. This week we're joined by Rick Young. Rick is the director of the Fort Caspar Museum in Ca…

Join Valerie, Patti, and John as we introduce ourselves, our background as museum professionals, and our reasons for jumping into the podcast universe.

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