Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

Museopunks Episode 23: The Gendered Museum

By Suse Anderson

Did you know that several studies in recent years have shown that when women enter a specific field in large numbers, the pay for that field declines overall, even for the same jobs that men were doing? This is one of many implications of …
Reflections on A Seat at the Table at NMAAHC

By Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell

Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell is an education specialist with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. This essay is adapted from her presentation “Activating Social Justice in the Museum: A Public …
Workplace Culture – Face the Facts!

By Shawn VanDerziel

Shawn VanDerziel is the Chief Human Resources Officer at The Field Museum in Chicago. This is the second in a series we’ll be presenting that discusses the Field Museum’s staff culture and engagement initiative. Are we ready to hear the …
The Power of Global Partnerships: The Value of Dialogue and Understanding Different Cultures

By Khaled Khatib

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 than the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul …
Access For All: How three museums pushed the boundaries of accessibility to connect with wider audiences.

By Jill Rullkoetter

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2017 issue of Museum magazine. For more than 25 years, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a watershed piece of civil rights legislation, has helped various public …
The Question of Gender: The “Unseen” Problem in Museum Workplaces

By Joan Baldwin

Joan Baldwin is Curator of Special Collections at The Hotchkiss School. Why is it important? Because for too long women–and more recently those openly identifying as women–have experienced both hostile and benevolent sexism in the museum …
Tools and Resources in the Wake of Charlottesville

By Cecelia Walls

First, let me state how proud I am to work in a field where museums and other institutions (AAM included) publicly denounce hatred and bigotry. Simply knowing there are places that offer respite to those affected by violence and …
Where Do Generation X Museum Professionals Fit In?

By Tara Young

I distinctly remember being at a museum conference about 10 years ago, when I was a department manager but not yet at the senior level, and scanning the program to figure out where I fit in: the director sessions weren’t open to me, and …
Generational Inclusion: Shattering Stereotypes and Challenging Assumptions

By Marsha l. Semmel with Elizabeth Isele, Samuel Moore, and Greg Stevens

This article originally appeared in Informal Learning Review (ILR) No. 144, May/June 2017. A copyrighted publication of Informal Learning Experiences, Inc. Reprinted with permission. My recognition of the power and importance of …
Watch Featured Speaker Haben Girma from the 2017 Annual Meeting

By jmorin

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