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Diversity
‘It Is an Unusual and Radical Act’: Why the Baltimore Museum Is Selling Blue-Chip Art to Buy Work by Underrepresented Artists
Most often when museums deaccession works of art or other historical objects, the proceeds are used to purchase other works by more prominent artists. Christopher Bedford has chosen a …
How a Wave of Honest History Museums Is Changing Black Tourism
Ashton Lattimore shares insights on being a black patron of historic houses and sites and the changes occurring in the field. Through years of tours of historic colonial sites, …
Community Curating: A Macro to Micro View
In the second post in our series previewing sessions at AAM2018, Michael Berlucchi (Community Engagement Manager, Chrysler Museum of Art), Sandra Bonnici (Associate Director of Education, …
The Power of Global Partnerships: The Value of Dialogue and Understanding Different Cultures
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2017 issue of Museum magazine. It is difficult to imagine two partner museums with more different historical and cultural milieus …
Our Institutions as Sanctuaries
Eduardo Díaz is the director of the Smithsonian Latino Center and a 30-year veteran of arts administration. He is an advisor to the Smithsonian’s Secretary and Provost/Under Secretary for …
Neurodiversifying the Museum
One topic I’ve explored here on the Blog is how museums such as the Pacific Science Center are making themselves more accessible to visitors with autism. And with ACLS Fellow Nicole Ivy, …
We’re Not That Hard to Find: Hiring Diverse Museum Staff
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2017 issue of Museum magazine. Guidelines to implement change in your museum and identify a pipeline of diverse employees. In 2015, …
Healing the Partisan Divide
I want to share some thoughts, post-election, about diversity, inclusion and healing. But maybe not the thoughts you expect. As I listen to museum colleagues talking about the election, I …
Advancing Equity Through Arts and Culture
HI, Nicole here! Earlier this month, I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion held by Cool Culture, a New York City cultural organization that encourages arts education by …
The Future is Diverse
Today’s guest post is jointly authored by members of the 2016 cohort of the History Museum Fellows Program—a partnership between the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Historical …
Thinking About Inclusive Museums in the UK
Hi, Nicole here! As part of my work as a Mellon/ACLS fellow with CFM, I’m focusing on a constellation of issues related to museums and labor, including pathways to museum employment; wage …
Futurist Friday: Inspiring the Next Generation
How many kids want to work in a museum when they grow up?I suspect (unfortunately) very few. . Museum folk talk a lot about the homogeneity of our field, and about what makes it hard to …