Gabriela Truly - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/gabriela-truly/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:53:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Gabriela Truly - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/gabriela-truly/ 32 32 103504436 From Our Collections: Making Use of Quieter Times https://houstonnewmedia.org/from-our-collections-making-use-of-quieter-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-our-collections-making-use-of-quieter-times Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:53:24 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=30942 The HMNS staff has been putting this quieter time in the galleries to great use.  Over time in every museum, permanent galleries and temporary exhibitions require maintenance.  However, it can be difficult to justify closing a gallery to complete maint...

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]]> 64735 The Collections Team on the Road to Reopening https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-collections-team-on-the-road-to-reopening/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-collections-team-on-the-road-to-reopening Fri, 15 May 2020 16:32:01 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=30774 During the time HMNS has been closed, constant attention is given to ensure that collections and buildings are safe and secure and that all systems are functioning as they should. Assigned staff has been making routine checks, paying close attention to...

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]]> 44547 Useful Today, Useful Tomorrow: Record Keeping with HMNS Collections https://houstonnewmedia.org/useful-today-useful-tomorrow-record-keeping-with-hmns-collections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=useful-today-useful-tomorrow-record-keeping-with-hmns-collections Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:08:25 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=30688 People who dedicate their life to a museum of course have a love for artifacts, specimens, etc.  We also LOVE information in the many forms found in a museum: paper files, old hand-written inventory and accession books, the small paper tags attached to...

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]]> 37293 HMNS @ Home | Meet the Collections Team https://houstonnewmedia.org/hmns-home-meet-the-collections-team/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hmns-home-meet-the-collections-team Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:00:39 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=30599 HMNS staff working from home.  On what?  Science.  Naturally. As you may have seen on our social media pages, in the interest of the safety of both visitors and staff, the Houston Museum of Natural science has had to temporarily close it...

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