Melanie Coffee

Book now for Building Foundations: Transforming Facilities Management
19 November, 1100-1600, online.
None of the important work that museums do can happen without the facilities work that goes on behind the scenes
www.museumsassociation.org/events/build... #globalmuseum #museums

Homemade Vegan Chickpea Salad Sandwiches on toasted multigrain bread for lunch this week #goodlunch

Satanic Temple accuses Iowa officials of religious discrimination DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Satanic Temple Iowa's application for a display and event in December 2024 was denied, a decision that the organization says violated its members' constitutional rights…

“This satanic event, which specifically targeted children, would have been harmful to minors and so it was denied,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said about the Satanic Temple Iowa's December 2024 event.
religionnews.com/2025/06/11/s...

The portrait is currently on view in the exhibition "Brilliant Exiles" at @speedartmuseum.bsky.social, www.speedmuseum.org/brilliant-ex..., on thru June 22.

Indiana resolution declares "unified" allegiance to "the Lord, Jesus Christ" House Resolution 53 revives the myth of a Christian Nation—at the expense of everyone else

Indiana Republicans have filed a resolution that says every member of State House “acknowledges the need for divine providence, choosing to humbly submit its ways to the Lord, Jesus Christ.”

It's not just thoughtless. It’s deeply un-American.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/indiana-re...

The Norton Disney dodecahedron surrounded by chocolate, biscuit, ginger bread, party ring and BabyBel dodecahedra! ❤️

At the end of this #DodecaBakeOff Easter Monday, I wanted to share this montage of all the fabulous makes, bakes & creations!

Well done everyone and thank you for giving me a smile today! You've all been wonderful!

Keep fighting the good fight - We shall make what we want to make!💪

#Archaeology ⚱️

The big idea: will sci-fi end up destroying the world? Skewed interpretations of classic works are feeding the dark visions of tech moguls, from Musk to Thiel

I wrote a piece for the Guardian's "big ideas" series on how techbros' failure to understand sci-fi novels is causing immense harm.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Defending Our Full, Shared History at the Smithsonian and National Park Service Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order that attempts to dictate what history is shared at Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service sites. The order seeks to replace evidence-based history with a deceptive, exclusionary narrative at some of our nation’s most important cultural and historical

Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order that attempts to dictate what history is shared at the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service sites. Read our statement on this political interference in the practice of history.

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

Not a surprise - they’ve come for IMLS…

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Let Them Eat Art? Elon Musk and his allies in the Trump administration are ending most U.S. foreign-assistance programs. But until recently, there was still money for decorating.

While the Trump administration cuts billions in critical foreign aid, it planned on purchasing millions in art for embassies. The administration denies it’s buying the fine art, but won’t provide any evidence to back it up. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... via @lbarronlopez.bsky.social

A post-it note with the words "I can talk about it openly without judgement or stigma"

An interactive piece of interpretation! It is a 16th century description of a witch which you can write on with a marker pen

A list of what Pliny the Elder has to say about menopause and menstruation. The menstruation list is long but the menopause list is a single sentence.

Great to see the menopause exhibition open at @vaginamuseum.bsky.social last night. Congratulations to everyone for making it happen at last!

Hero.

Started an blog on my consulting website based on my various adventures in collections management for museums! As a generalist, I’ll be concentrating on free resources for caring for a variety of collections.

Why Do Museums Matter?‌ Daniel Weiss ’85, former president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses the distinctive joys and challenges of leading mission-driven organizations.‌

Q: Why do museums matter?‌

As a Museum Collections person, I’d love to hear from museums and archives about what they are collecting to document and preserve these turbulent political times.

It’s going to be a rough ride! Hugs to you and yours!

Museum folks! Welcome to BlueSky! Be sure to check out and follow our great colleagues in the Museum Starter Pack!

A glimmer of good news!

17 employees helped save the Getty Villa from the fires. They're telling other museums how it was done Museums in New York and Chicago want to hear what worked and what didn’t at the Getty Villa.

Museums in New York and Chicago want to hear what worked and what didn’t at the Getty Villa. via @laist.com

+1 for Nevada.

I live in Vegas and have been trying and failing for years. The weather is super uncooperative here.

My first thought!

Danish member of European Parliament: “Greenland is not for sale. Mr. Trump, f*ck off.”

Happy MLK Day.

The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

"In another sense, the movement has never been about policies or changes to the law; it’s always been about the larger goal of dismantling the institutions of secular government to clear the way for the Kingdom. It is about God’s total victory." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Amongst oh-so-many instances, I once had a former museum director drop off an artifact and say “I don’t need any paperwork”…um…but you know we do?

Dominionist Tim Sheets: Trump Win Brings Era of Church ‘Anointed to Reign’ A MAGA "apostle" says Trump's election will bring new power and influence to an aggressive "ekklesia" - dominionists' term for the church as God's governing body on Earth.

A MAGA "apostle" says Trump's election will bring new power and influence to an aggressive "ekklesia" - dominionists' term for the church as God's governing body on Earth. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

Proactive paranoia and worst-case-scenario-ism FTW.