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PS Picks: The New ‘Under One Roof’ Exhibit at New York’s Tenement Museum

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Angela Serratore

Can Art Help People Feel the Devastation of Climate Change?

Miranda Massie hopes the Climate Museum in New York City can convince visitors to be better stewards of the climate—by appealing at once to their intellect and their emotions.

Amy Brady

Environment

Digitally Mapping Ocean Ecosystems From the Past

The American Museum of Natural History has enlisted coders to build visualizations of its massive amounts of ecological data.

Jessica Leber

Tourists move past the Smithsonian Museum of African American History & Culture.

Social Justice

The Intersection of Design and Social Justice in Black America

A conversation with Michelle Joan Wilkinson about the exhibit she curated for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture.

Brentin Mock

Bhutanese men prepare traditional shoes at a Folk Heritage Museum in Thimphu on June 1st, 2017, during a visit there by Japanese Princess Mako.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Making Shoes in Bhutan

Bhutanese men prepare traditional shoes at a Folk Heritage Museum in Thimphu on June 1st, 2017, during a visit there by Japanese Princess Mako.

Pacific Standard Staff

Social Justice

Art Museums Foster an Appreciation for Ambiguity

New research from Vienna finds viewing artworks in a museum enhances the aesthetic experience.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

The United States Needs a Slavery Museum

As part of its reparations demands, the Caribbean Community is seeking money for cultural organizations that examine the history of slavery. Here’s why the U.S. should construct similar institutions to memorialize our peculiar institution.

Sara Fanning

Environment

Having a Nose for Degraded Documents

A scientific 'sniff test' could aid museums and libraries in preserving their old works without damaging the actual documents.

Matt Palmquist