Press

Museo Inmigrante: Stories of Resilience from Somerville’s Padres Latinos

WCVB, Exhibit Portrays Massachusetts Immigrant Community with Dignity, March, 2024.

El Planeta, Padres Latinos Cuentan Sus Historias en una Exhibicion de Padres Latinos, March, 2024.

New TV, Museum Open House - Museo Inmigrante: Stories from Somerville’s Padres Latinos, March, 2024.

Mass Humanities, Take an Audio Visual Journey Through the Padres Latinos Exhibit, January, 2024.

El Mundo, “Museo Inmigrante se Exhibe en Somerville,” January 2024.

Boston Globe, “ At the heart of it all: the Kitchen,” February, 2024.

Telemundo, “Exhibicion Inmigrante” en Somerville Resalta la Cultura Hispana, January, 2024.

Somerville Times, “Museo Inmigrante Opens at the Somerville Museum,” January, 2024.

What Will You Remember, Best Photo Pics, January 2024.

What Will You Remember, Review of Museo Inmigrante: Stories of Resilience from Somerville’s Padres Latinos, February 2024

Blue

Cate McQuaid, Ruddier than Heaven, December, 2023

Wonderland, Martha Friend Brings ‘Blue’ To Somerville Museum, November 2023

Somerville Times, Meet Martha Friend in Somerville, August, 2023.

Jay Sugarman in Conversation with Curator Martha Friend and Alison Drasner

Above & Beyond: The Remarkable Life of Phil Reavis

GBH News, “Somerville Museum celebrates local Olympian Phil Reavis in new exhibit,” June 30, 2023

NewTV, “Museum Open House- Above and Beyond: The Remarkable Life of Somerville Olympian Phil Reavis,” 2023

The Baystate Banner, “The Life of Phil Reavis Sr.,” June 7th, 2023

Somerville Times, “Above and Beyond Exhibit to Highlight Work of Phil Reavis,” June 7th, 2023

Waterlines

Boston Art Review, “Ripple Effects: Diving into ‘Waterlines’ at the Somerville Museum,” March 13th, 2023

Dinosaur Annex, “Arlinda Shtuni on curating Waterlines @ the Somerville Museum, and collaborating with Dino Annex,” March 3rd, 2023

Somerville Arts Council, “Waterlines, works by Ted Ollier and curated by Arlinda Shtuni,” January, 2023

Wonderland, 'Waterlines' At Somerville Museum Mulls Our Relationship With Water,” January 24th, 2023

Boston Globe, “Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond,” Globe staff, January 19, 2023

The Somerville Times, “Waterlines: Stories of Ebb and Flow at the Somerville Museum,” January 24th, 2023

We Are Here Too

We Are Here Too

Somerville Times, Local short film ‘We Are Here Too’ screened by the Somerville Museum, November 30th, 2022

Sanctuary City

Artscope, “Welcomed in Somerville,” Claudia Fiks, November 3, 2022

Boston Art Review, Twelve Fall Exhibitions to Check Out in Boston and Beyond, October 17, 2022

Brazilian Times, Museu de Somerville estreia exposição “Sanctuary City”, September 25, 2022

Massachusetts News, Somerville Museum launches ‘Sanctuary City’ Exhibition on Time, September 20, 2022

Somerville Times, Sanctuary City: Love, Resilience, and Friendship, September 12, 2022

Bittersweet

Boston Globe, Sculptures of chocolate and gold are ‘Bittersweet’ at Somerville Museum, Cate McQuaid, March 1, 2022

Somerville Times, “Sweet City: Highlights from the latest ‘Bittersweet’ event,” February 23, 2022

Wicked Local, “Check out the ‘Bittersweet’ exhibition at the Somerville Museum for Valentine’s Day,” February 9, 2022

Somerville Times, “‘Bittersweet’ programming continues through March 26,” February 9, 2022

DigBoston, “‘Bittersweet’ to open at Somerville Museum,” January 26, 2022

Somerville Business History and Community Service Awards

The Somerville Times, “Somerville Museum presents Annual Somerville Business History and Community Service Awards,” January 12, 2022

Penny Chronicles

NewTV, “Museum Open House - Somerville Museum,” September 2021

The Somerville Times, “Penny Chronicles and the Stories They Tell,” September 11, 2021

The Somerville Times, “Penny Chronicles and the Stories They Tell,” August 9, 2021

Access for All & More Campaign

The Somerville Times, “Somerville Museum holds ‘My Neighbor is a Museum’ Block Party,” Fernando Cervantes Jr., September 22, 2021

The Boston Globe, “‘A gem of the city’: Somerville Museum gets a makeover to become accessible to all,” John Laidler, August 20, 2021

The Somerville Times, “Somerville Museum’s ‘Access for All & More Campaign 2021,’’ June 16, 2021

Wicked Local, “Veterans make donation to Somerville Museum for capital project,” Kinga Borondy, May 26, 2021

Myra Kraft Community MVP Award

Former Somerville mayor Gene Brune celebrated for volunteerism by Patriots Foundation

Wicked Local, “Former Somerville mayor Gene Brune celebrated for volunteerism by Patriots Foundation,” Namu Sampath, August 25, 2021

Wilmington Apple, “Wilmington’s Eugene Brune Named a 2021 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award Winner,” Robert Hayes, August 22, 2021

The Art of Observation

In this VIDEO, Jay from New TV speaks with David Campell, Debra Olin, and Alison Drasner about the current retrospective exhibition, The Art of Observation

WBUR, The ARTery, Ezra Haber Glenn, "Streetscapes Under Gray Skies: David Campbell Retrospective At The Somerville Museum," April 14, 2021

The Somerville Times, "'Home is Where the Art is' at the Somerville Museum," February 24, 2021

The Somerville Arts Council, David Campbell: Artist of the Month, September 2020

Community Programs

Mina Cho’s latest project 'GREEKOREA’ project at the Somerville Museum

Voices from Somerville: The Somerville Times, "The Somerville Museum presents: Voices from Somerville's Brazilian Community," November 15, 2020

Social Justice Programs

The Boston Globe, “Somerville Museum to put community atcenter of live reading of FrederickDouglass’s 1852 speech,” June 27, 2023

Wicked Local Somerville, "Somerville Museum Hosts Summer Discussion Series on Race and Anti-Racism," July 20, 2020

The Somerville Times, "Reading Frederick Douglass Together," July 8, 2020

CBS Sunday News, Reading Frederick Douglass Event, July 5, 2020

The Harvard Gazette, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?," June 30, 2020

The Basement Project

Boston Globe, “Somerville Museum to put community at center of live reading of Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech,”

The Somerville Times, “Adda Santos named 2022 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year,” September 14, 2022

Somerville Journal, "Somerville High School Students Win National Award Celebrating Local History," July 13, 2021

The Somerville Times, "Somerville Museum receives AASLH Award for The Basement Project," July 9, 2021

The Somerville Times, "Somerville Museum features award-winning history teacher and students," August 25, 2020

Somerville Journal, "Somerville Museum partners with SHS students on history exhibit," March 3, 2020

Faith in a City

The Somerville Times, "Faith in a City: Exploring Religion in Somerville," 11/14/19

The Somerville Times, “Faith in a City: Showcasing Local Religious Music,” 10/04/19

Our Stories, Our Stuff, Our Somerville

Our exhibit, Our Stories, Our Stuff, Our Somerville, gained much recognition! Here are some press links:

The Boston Globe, "From bootleg beer to letter sweaters, show captures Somerville's evolution," 3/7/19

The Somerville Times, "‘Our Somerville’ exhibit tells the story of the City," 2/20/19

Somerville Wicked Local, "More Than Just Stuff: Museum Show Celebrates Somervillians," 2/19/19

Scout Somerville, "Upcoming Exhibit Aims to Tell Our Stories Through Stuff," 2/8/19

WGBH, "Capturing The Story Of Somerville Through Everyday Stuff," 2/13/19

Triple Decker Ecology

Boston Globe, "There’s a strange phone booth in Somerville and when you pick up the receiver it gets even weirder," 11/5/18

Patch Somerville, "Triple Decker Ecology: Somerville's Urban Landscape," 10/11/18