| Published Works
The following selections represent a few of the articles that Nancy Moses has published.
The Next Gen: Leadership Succession: What Do the Old Owe the Young?
There is a lot of talk about leadership succession in the nonprofit world these days as we of the baby boomer generation approach an ever-changing retirement age. It is a topic I've tried my best to avoid, since I'm sure I will live forever and be productive right up to the end. The problem is that's also what many in my cohort think... excerpted from Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal, click to read more >>
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Nancy Moses has received a 2008 Book of the Year Gold Medal in the Popular Culture category in ForeWord Magazine's annual competition. ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards.
Few beyond the insider realize that museums own millions of objects the public never sees. In Lost in the Museum, Nancy Moses takes the reader behind the employees' only doors to uncover the stories buried--along with the objects--in the crypts of museums, historical societies, and archives. Moses discovers the actual birds shot, stuffed, and painted by John James Audubon, America 's most beloved bird artist; a spear that abolitionist John Brown carried in his quixotic quest to free the slaves; and the skull of a prehistoric Peruvian child who died with scurvy. She takes the reader to Ker-Feal, the secret farmhouse that Albert Barnes of the Barnes Foundation filled with fabulous American antiques and that was then left untouched for more than fifty years.
Weaving the stories of the object, its original owner, and the often idiosyncratic institution where the object resides, the book reveals the darkest secret of the cultural world: the precarious balance of art, culture, and politics that keep items, for decades, lost in the museum. purchase online at AltaMirapress.com >>
Lost in the Museum: Hidden Treasures and the Stories They Tell by Nancy Moses was a featured article in History News, the American Association of State and Local History's Magazine. Summer 2009, Volume 64 #3...Click to download the article.>>
At first glance the majestic silver bowl looks like the kind of commemorative item you'd find at most every historical society. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania owns about 15 other trophies...Read more >>
Food for Thought," Pennsylvania Legacies: The Newsmagazine of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
After 10 years in the private sector, I recently became executive director of the Atwater Kent, Philadelphia 's history museum. My friends say I've joined the leisure class. They're wrong. Read more >>
The Wall Street Journal
Twenty years ago, urban economic development was aimed at preserving and attracting manufacturing industries. Today, the tables have turned. Local governments are finding that commerce and tourism...Read more >>>
Public Management Magazine
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