Maple Syrup

I worked in a natural history museum in the Midwest for over 20 years and was lucky enough to have a great biologist on staff who would answer all of my silly cabin questions. Over the years, we started making our own maple syrup all the while learning more and more about the nature all around our little cabin in the woods...

This is one of my tattoos that always brings a smile to my face in remembering all that he taught me from his perspective...

Me...I was a collections gal :-)


Jackie Hoff
Independent Museum Collections Care Consultant








Want to share your own story and tattoo?
Email Beth: bredmondjones (at) sdnhm (dot) org or Paul: info (at) orselli (dot) net.

Vegas Strong

After the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, 2017, several tattoo shops around town started doing Nevada and Las Vegas tattoos and donating 100% of the proceeds to the victims and first responders. A few museum people I know have participated, and I'm sure there are many more I don't know of yet.

In addition, people across the museum community, who I mostly know from emails or quick meetings at conferences, have reached out to check on us and offer much-needed kindness and support. It's a little bit of beauty at an otherwise difficult time.

Emmi S.

Curator

Springs Preserve


Want to share your own story and tattoo?
Email Beth: bredmondjones (at) sdnhm (dot) org or Paul: info (at) orselli (dot) net.

Sonic Tattoos for Museum People

As we are waiting for our next submissions to the MPT blog (hint, hint) here's a cool new type of tattoo that lets you include sound AND images!

Soundwave Tattoos let you include an image that can be "decoded" by an app to play up to a minute of sound relevant (or not!) to your nearby tattoo(s).

This seems like a great thing for museum people with tattoos --- dinosaur roar or bird call or narrated label text anyone?

Find out more by clicking over to the Soundwave Tattoos website!

Want to share your own story and tattoo?
Email Beth: bredmondjones (at) sdnhm (dot) org or Paul: info (at) orselli (dot) net.