Special Collections

Take a radio tour of the Tenement Museum in New York, New York.

Take a radio tour of some collections around the state of Minnesota. We visit the Runestone Museum in Alexandria, Historic Fort Snelling in St. Paul, and of course the famous Mall of America in Bloomington.

Have you ever gone to a museum of modern or contemporary art and thought “I have no idea what is going on?” On this episode of Special Collections, we learn about aesthetics—the branch of philosophy dealing with art theory. We interview Travis Anderson, a professor of philosophy at Brigham Young University, to learn about his take on what art is. Additionally, we also interviewed Joe Ostraff, a professor of Art at Brigham Young University—to learn about his take on public art installations. The Special Collections team talks all things art, philosophy, and Hall of Breakfast in our roundtable discussion.

Have you ever gone to a museum of modern or contemporary art and thought “I have no idea what is going on?” On this episode of Special Collections, we learn about aesthetics—the branch of philosophy dealing with art theory. We interview Travis Anderson, a professor of philosophy at Brigham Young University, to learn about his take on what art is. Additionally, we also interviewed Joe Ostraff, a professor of Art at Brigham Young University—to learn about his take on public art installations. The Special Collections team talks all things art, philosophy, and Hall of Breakfast in our roundtable discussion.

Take a radio tour of the Gone With the Wind Museum in Marietta, Georgia.

Most -- if not all -- people have reservations about the ocean. Do you? This week, take a radio tour of the History of Diving Museum in the Florida Keys. We learn about fears of the ocean, early pioneers of diving, decompression sickness, and deep sea diving! In addition to this interview, we talk about free diving, ocean pollution, the FBI dive team, and the first African American U.S. Navy Diver: Carl Brashear. 

Learn more about the History of Diving Museum here:

https://www.divingmuseum.org/

This week on Special Collections, take a radio tour of a few \*small\* collections! Listen to interviews from the Thorne Miniature Rooms in the Art Institute of Chicago, to the High Point Museum in a small town, to an office's small collection of moist towelettes in East Lansing, Michigan. Also on Special Collections, hear about jaw-dropping records for the world's smallest things, and a Special Confections segment on a small candy company!

Learn more about the museums we interviewed in today's episode here:

https://www.artic.edu/departments/PC-15/thorne-miniature-rooms

https://www.highpointnc.gov/694/Museum 

http://www.moisttowelettemuseum.com/

Most -- if not all -- people have reservations about the ocean. Do you? This week, take a radio tour of the History of Diving Museum in the Florida Keys. We learn about fears of the ocean, early pioneers of diving, decompression sickness, and deep sea diving! In addition to this interview, we talk about free diving, ocean pollution, the FBI dive team, and the first African American U.S. Navy Diver: Carl Brashear. 

Learn more about the History of Diving Museum here:

https://www.divingmuseum.org/

This week on Special Collections, take a radio tour of a few *small* collections! Listen to interviews from the Thorne Miniature Rooms in the Art Institute of Chicago, to the High Point Museum in a small town, to an office's small collection of moist towelettes in East Lansing, Michigan. Also on Special Collections, hear about jaw-dropping records for the world's smallest things, and a Special Confections segment on a small candy company!

Learn more about the museums we interviewed in today's episode here:

https://www.artic.edu/departments/PC-15/thorne-miniature-rooms

https://www.highpointnc.gov/694/Museum 

http://www.moisttowelettemuseum.com/

Al Capone famously once said: "You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun." Interested to hear more? Join us as we take a radio tour of the Museum of the American Gangster in New York City. This museum is located in a former speakeasy that was actually open in 1922. Today on Special Collections, we learn about all things organized crime, Al Capone, and the rise of gangsters during prohibition. Also on Special Collections, learn all about the Prohibition Era and one of the largest bank heists in history. We also talk about the real and fictional portrayals of gangsters in American media and history. 

Learn more about the Museum of the American Gangster here:

http://www.museumoftheamericangangster.org/