Curatorial Practice

Quantifying a Commitment to Representation

I realized last summer that after twenty years in the museum field, I felt deeply frustrated. When I enrolled in my first museum studies classes in the late 1990s, there were audible and …

Why We’re Covering the Opioid Crisis at the Indiana State Museum

Cathy Ferree

Silent No More: The new Lucy Burns Museum speaks to the centennial of suffrage

Karin McKie

Kayne Davis, 13, helps curate Mia photography show

Zac Farber, Southwest Journal

Making Space for Community Partners

Ravon Ruffin

Design Shows Take On the Future. And It’s Not Pretty.

Arlene Hirst, Nytimes

Forging Deeper Connections

Redmond J. Barnett, Elisa Phelps, Jennifer Schantz, and Pam Schwartz

Curators Take Flight: Four curators cast a wide eye on the shifting landscape for curatorial practice

American Alliance of Museums

The Museum Inside Out: The Chicago History Museum’s three decades of transformation offers a window into the changing role of curators and community engagement.

John Russick

Knowing Better, Doing Better: The San Diego Museum of Man takes a holistic approach to decolonization

Micah D. Parzen, Ph.D., J.D.

A Modest Proposal for Museum Collections: Apply the principle of direct costs for deaccessioning

John Wetenhall

Speechless: A sensory exhibition charts a new path to accessibility in learning

Sarah Schleuning

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