Diversity

Healing the Partisan Divide

By Elizabeth Merritt

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 hear over and over again phrases like “I was …
Advancing Equity Through Arts and Culture

By Elizabeth Merritt

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 providing free access to local arts institutions for …
The Future is Diverse

By Elizabeth Merritt

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 Society (MNHS) that engages students in studying the …
Thinking About Inclusive Museums in the UK

By Elizabeth Merritt

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 equity in the sector; workforce practices promoting …
Futurist Friday: Inspiring the Next Generation

By Elizabeth Merritt

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 build a diverse staff: ossified job requirements, low …
My Recap from a Workplace Inclusion Forum

By Elizabeth Merritt

Today’s guest post is by the Alliance’s president & CEO, Laura Lott.She’s been on the hunt for resources to help AAM become a more inclusive workplace, and that search took her to Minneapolis for what turned out to be …
Monday Musing: Combating Bias by Redesigning the Interview Process

By Elizabeth Merritt

This week’s musing isn’t even going to take me the usual 15 minutes. Here, read this: How to Take the Bias Out of Interviews.I’ve written about challenge-based hiring and blind auditions as techniques to reduce hiring …
Your Guide to Labor 3.0 at the Annual Meeting

By Elizabeth Merritt

Hi, Nicole here! I’m excited to share what we’ve been up to at CFM around the issue of museums and labor and invite you to join in at this year’s annual meeting. Image credit: R. Black Labor issues continue to be front and center as the …
Museum Studies Programs & Tools for Creating More Inclusive Curricula

By Gretchen Sorin

The graduates of museum studies programs are overwhelmingly white and female. If we want museums to be staffed by people who reflect the American public, we can broaden our search beyond museum studies program, and we can encourage …
Creating a More Inclusive Museum: Welcoming LGBT Students and Visitors

By Michael Berlucchi & Anne Corso

One of the important and difficult topics I delve into in TrendsWatch 2016 is the interplay of identity, representation, and inclusion. As I explore in the report, American society is finally recognizing that sexual orientation and gender …