Melanie Coffee
@melaniecoffee.bsky.social
Museum Collections Professional. Fan Of Facts. All opinions and statements here are my own.
https://melaniecoffee.com
https://melaniecoffee.com
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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
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
October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
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
August 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Homemade Vegan Chickpea Salad Sandwiches on toasted multigrain bread for lunch this week #goodlunch
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“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...
religionnews.com/2025/06/11/s...
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…
religionnews.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“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...
religionnews.com/2025/06/11/s...
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The portrait is currently on view in the exhibition "Brilliant Exiles" at @speedartmuseum.bsky.social, www.speedmuseum.org/brilliant-ex..., on thru June 22.
Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900-1939 - Speed Art Museum
www.speedmuseum.org
May 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The portrait is currently on view in the exhibition "Brilliant Exiles" at @speedartmuseum.bsky.social, www.speedmuseum.org/brilliant-ex..., on thru June 22.
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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...
It's not just thoughtless. It’s deeply un-American.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/indiana-re...
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
www.friendlyatheist.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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...
It's not just thoughtless. It’s deeply un-American.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/indiana-re...
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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 ⚱️
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 ⚱️
April 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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 ⚱️
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 ⚱️
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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...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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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.
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
aaslh.org
March 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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.
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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
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.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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
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Great to see the menopause exhibition open at @vaginamuseum.bsky.social last night. Congratulations to everyone for making it happen at last!
March 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Great to see the menopause exhibition open at @vaginamuseum.bsky.social last night. Congratulations to everyone for making it happen at last!
Hero.
"daddy, what did you do in the war"
son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet
we all did our part
son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet
we all did our part
February 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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.
Free Resources: Caring for Rug & Flat Textile Collections – Melanie Coffee Consulting
melaniecoffee.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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.
Q: Why do museums matter?
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.
insights.som.yale.edu
February 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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.
February 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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.
Museum folks! Welcome to BlueSky! Be sure to check out and follow our great colleagues in the Museum Starter Pack!
February 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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!
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A glimmer of good news!
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Museums in New York and Chicago want to hear what worked and what didn’t at the Getty Villa. via @laist.com
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.
laist.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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.
🚨BREAKING: A Nevada judge dismissed a right-wing lawsuit challenging the maintenance of voter rolls in Washoe County, Nevada! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Right-Wing Challenge to Nevada County Voter Rolls Dismissed
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
+1 for Nevada.
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Danish member of European Parliament: “Greenland is not for sale. Mr. Trump, f*ck off.”
January 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Danish member of European Parliament: “Greenland is not for sale. Mr. Trump, f*ck off.”
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"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...
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.
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"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...
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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...
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.
www.peoplefor.org
December 6, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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...