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Mackenzie Finklea

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Mackenzie Finklea is an American Anthropologist and life-long museum enthusiast. She has a long history of previous leadership roles and a vibrant fascination with displays of human culture.

She was compelled to write her book, Beyond the Halls: An Insider’s Guide to Loving Museums as a way to share her passion for museums in a practical and fun approach so that everyone can have the opportunity to cherish and admire museums as much as she does.

Mackenzie is currently working on a young adult fiction novel. Read more about The Artifact Hunter.

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Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

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The Midnight Train (The Midnight World, #2)

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“Humans aren’t here for long—nor, as a species, have we been here for more than a blink of the cosmic eye. Armed with the knowledge of our fleeting existence, we seek to leave a mark—some immortal legacy to compensate for the crushing weight of recognizing our own mortality.”
― Mackenzie Finklea, Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

tags: anthropology, cosmos, existential, humanity, humans, mortality

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“It is human nature, it seems, to have the desire to leave a legacy, to leave something behind, to be remembered.”
― Mackenzie Finklea, Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

tags: anthropology, human, humanity, legacy, mortality

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“History is everything that's already happened, right up to the moment you read these words. That's a lot to tackle for one museum, but not to worry, there are hundreds.”
― Mackenzie Finklea, Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

tags: anthropology, history, human-history, museums, reading

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Mackenzie’s Quotes

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither

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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: paraphrased, strength

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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