[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] New Director for Re-Newed MIT Museum

[Ted Kochanski]

All,

Here's a story in the MIT News about the Newly selected Director of the MIT
Museum
https://news.mit.edu/2024/michael-john-gorman-named-mit-museum-director-0111

Michael John Gorman named MIT Museum director
Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch, the museum’s deputy director, will serve as interim
director until Gorman takes up his post this summer.
MIT Museum
Publication Date:
January 11, 2024

A couple of highlights [with my formatting for emphasis:


> Gorman is the founding director of BIOTOPIA - Naturkundemuseum Bayern in
> Munich, Germany, a newly established innovative center and museum space for
> life sciences and environment.



Since 2015, he has been responsible for the development of the center’s
> vision, exhibition strategy, and operations and festivals combining science
> and the arts.



> He is also a tenured university professor for life sciences in society at
> the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.  \



> Gorman was the founding director of Science Gallery at Trinity College,
> Dublin, Ireland,



a groundbreaking public space for innovation, science, and the arts.



>From 2012 to 2016, Gorman served as CEO of Science Gallery International, a
> nonprofit he founded with university partners to support the establishment
> of the Global Science Gallery Network in cities including London;
> Melbourne, Australia; and Bengaluru, India.



> From 1999 to 2000, Gorman held dual postdoctoral fellowships at MIT’s
> Dibner Institute and Harvard University’s Department of History of Science,



> before becoming a lecturer in science, technology, and society at Stanford
> University.



> He is the author of books on topics ranging from Buckminster Fuller´s
> designs to 17th century art and science to the recent book “Idea Colliders:
> The Future of Science Museums," published by the MIT Press.



> He has curated numerous exhibitions and festivals bridging science, art,
> technology, and design around the world.


“I see the MIT Museum as a dynamic public forum, a place to encounter
> possible futures, and a leading center for public engagement at the nexus
> of science, technology, and the arts and design," says Gorman. “I’m greatly
> looking forward to building on the excellent work that’s been done by the
> museum team since its re-opening at the spectacular new site in Kendall
> Square, and to realizing the museum´s vast potential as MIT's window to the
> world.”



I think that we should wait until he takes over for the "Pending Topic" on
the MIT Museum --  sounds like he has some interesting ideas

Ted
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