My Internship with C'mon

My Internship with Cmon

By: cmontecalvo OffLine

On: 6/1/2010 2:05 PM

Shadowing Danielle Broderick for the past week has been such an amazing experience. I learned so many different business techniques as well as what a director of external affairs actually does behind the scenes of an organization like C’mon. I had no idea how much work was behind making this museum thrive because I only thought that they just built the building and people would come. Of course, I was completely wrong.   On Day 1 of my week-long internship, I was going... Read More

A Year of Growth

A Year of Growth

By: JoeCox OffLine

On: 5/13/2010 2:27 PM

What a difference a year makes! Since breaking ground last year, the Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples has literally grown from the ground up and is building the momentum to open in 2011! On behalf of the C’mon Board, Campaign Committee, Guild and staff, I extend our sincerest appreciation to B. Thomas Golisano for his extraordinary campaign challenge grant of $5 million. We’re so proud that the Museum is shaping up to be the community landmark we’ve all... Read More

Curator's Tip #1

Curators Tip #1

By: carriecutchens OffLine

On: 3/26/2010 3:36 PM

It is hard to believe it is almost April already. Spring is finally here with all its changes, warmer weather and higher humidity. As spring turns to summer and our temperatures and humidity rise, it is important to remember that these changes also affect our valuables. Rapid and frequent fluctuations in relative humidity create stress as materials change shape. Alternately absorbing and losing moisture increases internal stresses in materials such as wood, paper, and... Read More

Bilingual Babies: Expose Now, Benefit Later

Bilingual Babies: Expose Now, Benefit Later

By: NicoleFlesvig OffLine

On: 3/18/2010 11:46 AM

At birth, we are born with the ability to discriminate and repeat the sounds of any world language.  As we begin to live and function within the language of our society, we slowly lose the need to produce these other sounds and the brain eventually shuts off this ability.  This is why we see many toys (such as Around the World See and Say), cartoons (Dora, Diego, & Ni Hao Kai Lan), and video series (such as Baby Einstein and the On Demand programs cited here) designed to... Read More