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   Are fonts art? Letters find out! (with Stephen Coles)

   Signs, menus, chopstick wrappers: Most of us see graphic design thousands of times a day without giving it a second thought. But behind every everyday object, someone somewhere was making careful, intentional design choices. “There’s a huma
   47 min
2. 27. Okt.

   At the Winchester Mystery House, ghosts are just the beginning (with Walter Magnuson)

   Inside the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, it is easy to get lost. The 160-room mansion's notorious maze-like design features doors and stairs that seemingly go nowhere, cabinets that are actually windows, and windows that receive no
   49 min
3. 20. Okt.

   Hauntings, astronauts, and warplanes on the USS Hornet (with Laura Fies)

   "I consider ghost stories the clickbait of history," says Laura Fies, Executive Director of the USS Hornet Museum. While supernatural tales are a fun thrill for visitors, they also serve as a powerful accessory to historical education. "We
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4. 13. Okt.

   Everyday life & afterlife in ancient Egypt (with Renée Dreyfus)

   If you learned about ancient Egypt in school, you likely heard a lot about pharaohs, tombs, and elaborate death rituals. A new exhibition at the de Young Museum juxtaposes this familiar royal history with the lives and afterlives of ordinar
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5. 6. Okt.

   How do we actually make museums more diverse? (with Peggy Levitt)

   Good museums are centers of art, culture, and education. But the richest and most famous museums are clustered in North America and Europe, and that matters more than you might realize. Sociologist and Wellesley College professor Peggy Levi
   48 min
6. 29. Sept.

   What's inside that fancy old house? (with Woody LaBounty)

   The Haas-Lilienthal House is one of San Francisco’s most beautiful architectural landmarks, a gorgeous Queen Anne Victorian that stands out amid a modern landscape of grocery stores and car dealerships. Built in the 1880s in the Pacific Hei
   47 min
7. 22. Sept.

   The living history of radio & broadcasting (with Rachel Lee)

   When you visit a museum, do you see it as just a collection of artifacts from the past? The California Historical Radio Society (CHRS) is hoping you don't. Although their museum in Alameda, California has a great collection of preserved & r
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8. 15. Sept.

   How museums make cities stronger (with Tayana Panova)

   Museums already do a lot: they educate the public, preserve important works of art and culture, and inspire people to create art of their own. But they have the potential to do even more. By adopting principles of urban design, museums can
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9. 8. Sept.

   Walt Disney's life wasn't always magical (with Kirsten Komoroske)

   The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco faces a unique challenge: How do you tell the story of one of history's most important storytellers? When Diane Disney Miller founded the museum, her goal was to let her father tell his own sto
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10. 1. Sept.

    In this pinball museum, the art is meant to be touched (with Evan Phillippe)

    At the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, California, there are very few "don't touch" signs. In fact, this unique collection actually relies on visitors' touch to keep things running smoothly. "They actually function better when they're ge
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11. 25. Aug.

    What's the point of going to a museum? (with Susan Crane)

    Did you know the Mona Lisa only got world-famous after it was stolen from the Louvre? In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece was just another portrait in the Salon Carré, shoved between a bunch of other Renaissance paintings. But when a f
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12. 16. Aug.

    What do museums mean to you?

    Call 'Em Like Museum is a weekly podcast exploring how museums really work, and why we love them. Host Eric Johnson talks with museum directors, curators, experts, and passionate fans about what drives them, from homegrown passion projects
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