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The 2024 Museum Store Gift Guide

Nov 29, 2024 | aam-us.org | Joseph O'Neill

As cheerful as the holiday season can be, it can also be a dizzying blur of to-dos, chief among them the task of finding thoughtful, interesting gifts that will delight their recipients. Museum stores are a blessing in this challenge, with their refined selection of unusual curios and feel-good benefits to their institutions’ educational missions. The only problem is, with so many excellent museum stores around the country (and the world, for that matter), where do you start?
If Museums Were a Horror Movie…

Oct 31, 2024 | aam-us.org | Joseph O'Neill

Let’s face it: there’s something about museums that’s just a little spooky. They’re usually quiet (some would say eerily so), they’re often in old buildings (some would say haunted), and they’re generally filled with antique objects redolent of long-passed lives (some would say harboring spirits). And of course, working behind the scenes brings its own set of horrors, from slashed budgets to vengeful databases, and every rowdy field trip group in between.
Local sumo club leads the way with new Safeguarding Code

Sep 20, 2024 | bucksherald.co.uk | Joseph O'Neill

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowLocal Aylesbury Sumo club is leading the charge in sports safeguarding, having successfully attained the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts “mark”.
Kamalapalooza

Aug 4, 2024 | almendron.com | Joseph O'Neill

To understand the Kamala Harris phenomenon, you have to understand the depth of hopeless agony that Democrats—politicians, activists, ordinary voters—felt in the aftermath of June’s presidential debate. It was an agony perhaps best grasped by reference to those classical tragedies in which free will cannot do anything to prevent the catastrophe.
"Godwin" By Joseph O'Neill

Jul 14, 2024 | worldnews2023.com | Joseph O'Neill |Amandeep Buttar

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Joseph O’Neill, author of “Netherland” (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction) and “The Dog,” returns with “Godwin” (Pantheon), a novel about a bizarre scheme to find the next international soccer star. Read an excerpt below. “Godwin” by Joseph O’NeillPrefer to listen? Audible has a 30-day free trial available right now.
Godwin | Bookreporter.com

Jul 13, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Joseph O'Neill

In 2006, journalist Franklin Foer published a nonfiction book, HOW SOCCER EXPLAINS THE WORLD: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization. That title would have been an apt one for Joseph O’Neill’s latest novel, GODWIN, a delightful return to the form of NETHERLAND, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2009, and following the disappointment of THE DOG, his most recent novel from 2014. It centers on the search for a mysterious teenage soccer player from Africa.
What Works for Building Audiences? Let’s Review the Data.

Jun 21, 2024 | aam-us.org | Joseph O'Neill

One of the biggest issues museums face right now is diminished attendance. Years after most pandemic-induced closures have lifted, the majority of institutions have still seen only a partial return of their visitors—an average of 71 percent, according to AAM’s most recent Annual National Snapshot survey. Given these numbers, there’s a good chance you’re currently wondering: What does it take to attract audiences? Is it a culturally relevant exhibition? A free or discounted admission day?
Netherland

Jun 10, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Joseph O'Neill
He Could Be the Next Lionel Messi. If Anyone Can Find Him.

Jun 1, 2024 | nytimes.com | Joseph O'Neill

GODWIN, by Joseph O'NeillIt's possible that you have encountered someone like Mark Wolfe, a restive 40-something in Pittsburgh who has, in his own words, "not fully recovered from a decade spent as an active member of the American intelligentsia." Maybe you've worked with this guy, slept with him, sparred with him on social media.
The Best Museum Gardens, According to Museum People

May 3, 2024 | aam-us.org | Joseph O'Neill

Gardens can be artful, historic, and scientific—beautiful, educational, and ecological all at once. So they tend to go hand in hand with museums, uniting much of the diverse subject matter our field encompasses. Some museums are gardens, and many more operate gardens of some kind.