The Global Museum

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and we're highlighting collaborative projects, and #UniversityCollections stewarded by the The Global Museum on behalf of San Francisco State University. SFSU Museum Studies Program students shown here researched and documented textiles from the Philippines, then remotely edited photos, to produce catalog-quality images we can now bring to you to #MuseumFromHome with us. . Image 1 pre-COVID. . #UniversityMuseum #AAPIHeritage #AAPI #APAHM #GuessWhatWednesday #WhatsThatWednesday #ObjectSpotlight #SFSUMuseumStudies #GlobalMuseumSFSU Museum Studies Student Association at SFSU SFSU Museum Studies Alumni

Fridays are for Facilities! Here are some of the great folks we work with to upgrade HVAC filters and LED fixtures, receive shipments, and manage security Thank you to our partners for their critical work in keeping this #UniversityMuseum operational! . . #UniversityCollections #MuseumFacilities #GlobalMuseumSFSU SFSU Museum Studies Program #FacilitiesFriday

We love SFSU Museum Studies Program internships! Graduate student Victor Feyling completed the essay at the link below as part of his internship at the Artists' Legacy Foundation. Victor has also worked with the Global Museum on collections and exhibitions! Bonus #AlumSpotlight: Victor was supervised by one of our alum, Cynthia de Bos. SFSU Museum Studies Alumni Museum Studies Student Association at SFSU . Essay: http://www.artistslegacyfoundation.org//Perspectives_Victo. . Image 1 pre-COVID. Image 2 and essay posted with approval from #ViolaFrey Viola Frey Archives http://www.artistslegacyfoundation.org//Viol/biography.php and Artists' Legacy Foundation http://www.artistslegacyfoundation.org

Are we late to the unboxing trend? We just got a shipment of safety and collections supplies and we are EXCITED... Watch our unboxing video to see what we just got in the mail! (all boxes were opened with cut gloves on ;) ) . . #SafetyFirst #MuseumOperations ... #Unboxing #MuseumCollections #UniversityMuseum #GlobalMuseumSFSU See more

It's #WhatsThatWednesday! A stunning headdress from the Xavante community, Amazon Basin, being prepared for our current exhibit. The Global Museum often consults the expertise of conservators for the care of San Francisco State University #UniversityCollections that we steward. Learn more about this object and its significance in adapting tradition to climate change in the virtual version of our Climate Stories exhibit at https://museum.sfsu.edu/exhibit/climate-stories! . (image pre-COVID) . #GuessWhatWednesday #ObjectSpotlight #UniversityMuseum SFSU Museum Studies Program

Introducing... The students of MS 888! who have been on the ground this semester caring for San Francisco State University #UniversityCollections stewarded by the Global Museum, following our big collections move. The Global Museum relies on SFSU Museum Studies Program students to keep this #UniversityMuseum moving forward in every way as we continue to #MuseumFromHome--more to come about these students' projects on the ground! . . #MuseumCollections #GlobalMuseumSFSU #SFSUMuseumStudies

It's #ClimateActionMonth... How are different communities affecting change? Visit our Climate Stories virtual exhibit below to explore, and follow Sustainable SF State to view progress on San Francisco State University initiatives. . https://museum.sfsu.edu/exhibit/climate-stories . #ClimateChange SFSU Museum Studies Program

Did you know that the Global Museum stewards collections in the public trust on behalf of San Francisco State University? Check out Western Neighborhoods Project podcast episode "Sutro the Collector," featuring our very own SFSU Museum Studies Program professor and Egyptologist Dr. Lissette Jiménez, speaking on the ancient Egyptian #UniversityCollections, at the link below! . https://www.outsidelands.org/pod/WNP417_Sutro_the_Collector . #MuseumFromHome #MuseumPodcasts #UniversityMuseum #Egyptology #WesternNeighborhoodsProject #SanFranciscoHistory Museum Studies Student Association at SFSU SFSU Museum Studies Alumni

#FlashBackFriday Remember those bright sunny days when we used to put out simulated fires on campus? We miss our in-person annual fire extinguisher trainings, but we're still learning about fire safety in museum facilities at home through classes and virtual projects. . #MuseumFromHome #UniversityMuseum #UniversityCollections #MuseumOperations SFSU Museum Studies Program SFSU Museum Studies Alumni Museum Studies Student Association at SFSU Guardians of The City San Francisco

Did you hear? We just completed a collections move! The Global Museum, with assistance from SFSU Museum Studies Program students (through classes, internships, volunteerships, and more), coordinated a move of thousands of San Francisco State University #UniversityCollections. These collections are now housed in an improved storage facility custom-designed in coordination with our campus partners in Facilities, Capital Planning, Spacesaver Corp, and more. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen! . . #MuseumCollections #UniversityMuseum #GlobalMuseumSFSU #SFSUMuseumStudies #CollectionsOnTheMove #MuseumFromHome #TeachingLab #GuessWhatWednesday #MuseumOperations

We're a little late on #MuseumSelfieDay... Global Museum staff and Museum Studies faculty are excited to welcome back SFSU Museum Studies Program students to virtual classes on Monday. See you soon! . . #MuseumFromHome #GlobalMuseumSFSU #SFSUMuseumStudies

Remember these boxes? You guessed it... We're upgrading! This brand-new museum-grade shelving will allow us to improve collections care in many ways. SFSU Museum Studies Program students and Global Museum community... chime in and tell us all how! . . Spacesaver #MuseumCollections #MuseumFromHome #GlobalMuseumSFSU

A 2-Alum spotlight today on the amazing work done by SFSU Museum Studies Program alums Maya Colbert, Museum Educator, and Melinda McCrary, Director, who work together at the Richmond Museum of History & Culture. They were recently featured on the KQED California Report about their exciting project to restore and display the historic Victor Arnautoff mural, Richmond: Industrial City. Learn more about the project below! . https://richmondmuseum.org/mural/ . #GlobalMuseumSFSU #Mural #Arnautoff #SFSUMuseumStudies

Joining the The Museum of English Rural Life's conversation with a carved wooden pig from Papua New Guinea. Pigs and boars are culturally important, as they are part of ceremonial feasting, and boar’s tusks are still used for adornment today. See #ThisPig and more in our virtual exhibit Climate Stories at the link below! . #MuseumFromHome #GlobalMuseumSFSU SFSU Museum Studies Program https://museum.sfsu.edu/exhibit/climate-stories

Can you guess what's inside these exciting boxes? Hint: They are big, heavy, and required a GIANT TRUCK and months of planning to design and deliver... Answer coming soon! . . #GlobalMuseumSFSU #SFSUMuseumStudies #MuseumFromHome SFSU Museum Studies Program