
Call 'Em Like Museum is a weekly podcast exploring how museums really work, and why we love them. Host Eric Johnson talks with museum directors, curators, experts, and passionate fans about what drives them, from homegrown passion projects to world-famous institutions. Each episode digs into museum curation, exhibit design, and the visitor experience — plus the essential question: What's actually ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 10 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | HistoryArtsVisual Arts | |||

"I consider ghost stories the clickbait of history," says Laura Fies, Executive Director of the USS Hornet Museum. While supernatural tales are a fun thrill for visitors, they also serve as a powerful accessory to historical education.
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If you learned about ancient Egypt in school, you likely heard a lot about pharaohs, tombs, and elaborate death rituals. A new exhibition at the de Young Museum juxtaposes this familiar royal history with the lives and afterlives of ordinary citizens... more
Good museums are centers of art, culture, and education. But the richest and most famous museums are clustered in North America and Europe, and that matters more than you might realize.
Sociologist and Wellesley College professor Peggy Levitt descri... more
The Haas-Lilienthal House is one of San Francisco’s most beautiful architectural landmarks, a gorgeous Queen Anne Victorian that stands out amid a modern landscape of grocery stores and car dealerships. Built in the 1880s in the Pacific Heights neigh... more
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The show consistently centers on how museums operate beyond glossy reputation, often bringing in directors, curators, urbanists, and historians to explore curation, exhibit design, and visitor experience. Episodes frequently blend practical operations (school programs, interactive exhibits, restoration or preservation work) with broader cultural questions—meaning, memory, and public impact—while also touching on the economics and politics behind museums, including funding, repatriation debates, and audience engagement. A notable throughline is the emphasis on accessible, hands-on learning and community-oriented programming, from small niche institutions to larger city museums, with a knack for turning complex history and design into engagin... more
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Recent guests on Call 'Em Like Museum include:
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2. Woody LaBounty
3. Rachel Lee
4. Dr. Tayana Panova
5. Evan Phillippe
6. Eric Johnson
7. Susan Crane
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