There are 7 article(s) tagged Kevin Thompson:

• February 2026

  • MoSH searching for new executive director after Thompson exit

    The Memphis Museums of Science and History’s former leader Kevin Thompson resigned at the end of 2025. 

    By Bill Dries February 09, 2026

• April 2024

  • Lichterman Nature Center moves to private control with ‘Discovery Forest’

    The East Memphis nature center’s new area is designed for unstructured play. Meanwhile the museum system overseeing Lichterman and several other several other city-owned attractions continues to move toward a private board and day-to-day control.

    By Bill Dries April 11, 2024

• August 2023

  • Lichterman Nature Center breaks ground on Discovery Forest

    Barry Lichterman recalls days as a child spent exploring the area that is now the Lichterman Nature Center, and a new addition to the center aims to give other children the same opportunity.

    By Keely Brewer August 23, 2023

• January 2023

  • Memphis museum system changing staffing model, contract with city

    Memphis Museum Inc., which manages MoSH, Lichterman Nature Center, the Magevney House and the Mallory-Neely House, will operate as an independent entity under a new, still-developing contract with the City of Memphis.

    By Bill Dries January 06, 2023

• April 2022

  • South City Museum to preserve neighborhood’s rich history

    By the summer of 2024, the South City Museum & Cultural Center will celebrate the people and landmarks of the Historic South Memphis area.

    By Julia Baker April 07, 2022

• June 2021

  • Opinion: A pink palace by any other name won’t sound as sweet

    It seems that the people managing the museums want to call themselves something other than the Pink Palace. But we “the locals” will never call the Pink Palace anything else. Even with a primer to explain whatever a MoSH is.

    By Dan Conaway June 13, 2021

• April 2020

  • A new director takes science-history museum ‘back to our roots’

    Within a week of the city order to close because of the coronavirus, lesson-hungry homebound families were able to access Museum To Go, a sampler of Pink Palace artifacts, activities and movies. Kevin Thompson mobilized his gloved-and-masked education team to make museum content available in record time.

    By Jill Johnson Piper April 13, 2020