Macaulay OpenLab | Night at the Museum | Activity https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/groups/natm/ Activity feed for the group, Night at the Museum. Fri, 15 May 2026 15:55:18 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6257a568d9d85021648dd9811ae2efaa Lisa Brundage wrote a new blog post Peer Mentor Reflections in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3063 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:03:34 -0500 Peer Mentor Reflections

]]> e91d66e3329180763bc8858afdc3d31a wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3048 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:20:11 -0500 ReflectionI would like to see some more modern art in the American art exhibit in the future. Having representation of art from […]

]]> 19e0b5c12a65ee2efd5dd18f91e2bf30 wrote a new blog post UNION PORCELAIN WORKS Water Filter in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3045 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:14:32 -0500 UNION PORCELAIN WORKS Water Filter 

]]> 2f1aa286c85e486b45b4180281f65b02 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3040 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:49:45 -0400 ReflectionIn the nude section of the 5th floor gallery, a piece titled “My Friend Will Be Me” by Sasha Gordon stands out boldly […]

]]> d17adbfcb7ce2254113d953db7b43d89 Abe Janani wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3038 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:33:33 -0400 ReflectionGoing into the Night at the Museum as a pre-med student, I initially thought the event wasn’t really for me. Sure, the A […]

]]> fa93ceff4778ddaf72227d1b02698dbf Christina Prekash wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3036 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:19:00 -0400 ReflectionBring a Folding Chair: A Portrait of Shirley Chisholm by Bisa Butler When I saw this art, I was struck by the color […]

]]> 790bdc2d5925bffc36445fb41211f78a wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3034 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:27:01 -0400 ReflectionIn this museum, I see the universal struggles I and many other New Yorkers face in our everyday lives. There are […]

]]> 9bc911a161fbeec64d665fc98abaabdb Jasmine Man wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3032 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:54:16 -0400 ReflectionI can relate my current major, accounting, to the Night at the Museum due to the ways you can interpret different […]

]]> 18a6668a0ce602b295cc125f3cf02fba wrote a new blog post Iago's Mirror in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3029 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:58:07 -0400 Iago's Mirror 

]]> 88a70b6d2b22cfc3fd71126ca23a46b9 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3026 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:31:46 -0400 ReflectionIago’s Mirror by Fred Wilson was the piece of art that stood out the most to me. After endless minutes of walking around […]

]]> 0dc3ca928aff6877ddc9c2e9b299201c wrote a new blog post Shifting The Gaze in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3023 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:56:03 -0400 Shifting The Gaze 

]]> 983db739c7dab0c5be3310bf071e072e wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3021 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:26:40 -0400 ReflectionIn comparison to my previous ideas about museums, this experience has reinforced or challenged those ideas because I […]

]]> f8060bf76c27b71e39d6934cb3ac03cf wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3019 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:33:25 -0400 ReflectionI feel that among everybody around me I feel a little international because of my mixed heritage so my relation to all of the American art is mixed as well. It’s my hope I can find common ground with my peers in the future

]]> 39a4700d24d89449b6098c56ea30ea7e wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3017 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:56:29 -0400 ReflectionWhen I typically go to museums I have to find interest in other cultures and countries, which is fine. I have no problem […]

]]> f46db574a65d46b021bf600a845f0d2e wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3015 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:36:54 -0400 ReflectionAfter visiting the Brooklyn Museum with Macaulay, I’m realizing that museums serve the very important purpose of […]

]]> 4750cfb3f053f9bf066d15598d6beedd wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3012 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:44:43 -0400 ReflectionIago’s mirror by Fred Wilson At first, I thought it was a stack of mirrors on each other but someone pointed out to m […]

]]> 0b6c778bce9cbe886733f20d866447ce wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3010 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:11:11 -0400 ReflectionThis reinforced my previous idea about museums, which is that they display information with the intent to display […]

]]> fe08de77a08cf2a137f77de3d406fdc3 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3008 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 05:37:03 -0400 ReflectionI always viewed museums as unassuming, so I would attending one. This experience challenged this previous idea by […]

]]> ffec655d4b0c562cc79a3115b3839c39 wrote a new blog post Four Genders Were Born in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3005 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 05:20:03 -0400 Four Genders Were Born 

]]> 7b7b1ad3be7f9fc62c9901ed089e7f7a wrote a new blog post “Blue Horn” in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3002 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:50:54 -0400 “Blue Horn” 

]]> 7cc2bf3e3c3daac9cf4d053ba4a740ca wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=3000 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:37:50 -0400 ReflectionI see myself and my community reflected in the Brooklyn Museum’s celebration of diversity and global perspectives. As s […]

]]> 7a827ef45d4b35d1a1339805c2cb890a wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2997 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:19:25 -0400 ReflectionOne piece of art that invoked strong feelings for me was “Shifting the Gaze” (2017) by Titus Kaphar. When I first saw […]

]]> 1a0a184601b44146e432b933dfb8daf5 wrote a new blog post Garden Landscape in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2994 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:58:26 -0400 Garden Landscape 

]]> 05441908354fd5ec431f753ef04e9c2b wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2992 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:57:07 -0400 ReflectionMuseums always seemed to be laid out by specific collections, where paintings are lined by ornate frames and artifacts […]

]]> 1d0966dcea14db02201c403b6627c493 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2989 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:45:37 -0400 ReflectionThis experience challenged my previous ideas about museums because I used to believe that museums were uninteresting. I […]

]]> 646a3ca303c6d9ea8211dc8cd6ec4489 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2987 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:30:03 -0400 ReflectionHaving previously worked in a smaller, local museum, my initial impression of this larger museum, especially focusing […]

]]> ca036482b93a955a0616332c06d527b0 wrote a new blog post First Personage in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2984 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:04:57 -0400 First Personage 

]]> 0a36e3cdc2f0f26392ffcffc688aadd5 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2981 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:47:10 -0400 ReflectionBefore “Night at the Museum” I thought of museums as places that were meant to challenge visitors to expand their […]

]]> 6b60fa71a91000fc32ba3a1b856df42a wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2978 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:44:50 -0400 ReflectionThe piece of art that stood out to mee the most was Sunset at Sea by Thomas Moran. When I first saw the painting, I felt […]

]]> c06e30b411fedc96ff84dc7aae72055d Shivani Hardat wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2976 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:43:20 -0400 ReflectionA piece of art that invoked strong feelings for me was Faith Ringgold’s “For the Women’s House.” The painting was cre […]

]]> 03c07eabca82be1781242f909741c4ec wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2974 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:40:57 -0400 ReflectionI believe that many of the art pieces in the museum showed people who look like me and other people of different […]

]]> f90969692cf365b99776d6725e8a4720 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2972 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:33:37 -0400 ReflectionBefore high school I wasn’t interested in museums because I thought they were a hassle to reach and required a level o […]

]]> fb1b880aaa2555ddeb5f6098ce02213d wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2969 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:22:47 -0400 ReflectionI see myself, my community, and New Yorkers reflected in the museum through the Portrait of Henry Abbott because the […]

]]> bc814d411c41044e8f5ef04ab1da4a0d Thomas Solimeo wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2967 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:17:24 -0400 ReflectionHonestly, I have never been a fan of Museums. I think they are a waste of time. If I wanted to go look at art, I could […]

]]> 733b58bf0dc581d55ff1bc821195d35b wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2964 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:01:06 -0400 ReflectionSarah Cowell LeMoyne, painted by Jane E. Bartlett invoked strong feelings because her assertive gaze initially caught me […]

]]> 9e0d1780e17992d81c17dcd2dbb770a6 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2962 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:53:18 -0400 ReflectionI could see my intended field reflected everywhere throughout the museum. I intend to go into law, specifically civil […]

]]> d2f61b3e1b4c0ea2bb647bb759011f24 wrote a new blog post The first harvest on the wilderness in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2959 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:47:11 -0400 The first harvest on the wilderness 

]]> d14ab09209578e8310aa7fd2abdfe69f wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2957 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:43:42 -0400 ReflectionAs a computer science student, my experience during Night at the Museum made me realize how technology can work towards […]

]]> e024d1f506fe92cdff00b9d54b246e8a wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2954 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:35:07 -0400 ReflectionWilliam James Glackens’ Girl with Apple transfixed me because I originally thought it was Manet’s Olympia. Her pose and […]

]]> 095721fbccdeba7cc0b2ee0e8e0fe145 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2951 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:29:54 -0400 ReflectionThe piece “Chinatown Block Watch” (2022) by Susan Chen immediately caught my eye. Its bright, vibrant colors alo […]

]]> 90b82a26a35321eec3ef4b4917aceaac wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2949 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:27:28 -0400 ReflectionI am a nursing major and I saw a strong relationship between my major and the Brooklyn Museum. This experience at the […]

]]> 2265e1b8a59efa31ba752350231dd1fa wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2947 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:22:28 -0400 ReflectionThe experience I had at the museum tonight definitely challenged my previous ideas about museums. I always visited […]

]]> 2b9915115fb7ba7247e5a185fd3e3927 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2944 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:20:35 -0400 ReflectionI see history and culture in the Museum. My community, myself, and New York is built on the cultures of our past. These […]

]]> 9b49c184d924fc8eccb3e799e1938201 wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2942 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:19:44 -0400 ReflectionMore in general. The art works on display rarely had a general theme per each room, giving a scattered impression. I […]

]]> 211ef31bdb9776497ec0c8693f5752ce wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2940 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:17:33 -0400 ReflectionI would like to see more Native American artwork, considering there were some pieces that were anti colonialism, I think […]

]]> a61058e95bf54185ae2d2862abb04128 wrote a new blog post Still life with fruit in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2937 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:15:28 -0400 Still life with fruit 

]]> ef6f7d08524dbeaf96c2022786b33d9e wrote a new blog post Reflection in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2935 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:14:40 -0400 ReflectionA piece of art that evoked a strong emotion for me was Doors by Christian Marclay. This piece is a film that depicts […]

]]> 46f08a68d5c8cf9c0d05473c890d65e3 wrote a new blog post BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair) in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2932 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:13:27 -0400 BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair) 

]]> 33f237abd81f7e03a5d2f84464b62df0 wrote a new blog post Black Lincoln for Dooky Chase in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2929 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:12:50 -0400 Black Lincoln for Dooky Chase 

]]> 1f9fb3373244eab5b6bcfd9d424a6348 wrote a new blog post Shifting The Gaze in the group Night at the Museum https://openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu/natm/?p=2926 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:11:47 -0400 Shifting The Gaze 

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