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An Indelible Imprint: An interview with Eduardo Diaz

By Cecelia Walls

The Smithsonian Latino Center is the recipient of AAM’s 2018 Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) award for institutions. Eduardo Díaz, Director of the Latino Center offers insight on the organization’s work, …
Our Shared Responsibility: A conversation with Joanne Jones-Rizzi

By Cecelia Walls

Joanne Jones-Rizzi began working at the Boston Children’s Museum in 1985, focusing on issues of access and equity. In 2004, she left Boston to work on the “RACE: Are We So Different?” exhibition at the Science Museum of Minnesota. …
Confronting Canada

By Karine Duhamel

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of Museum magazine. In celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights attempts to tell the full story of the country’s history and treatment …
Full Engagement

By Yael Grauer

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of the Museum magazine. Museums globally are expanding their social role—and value—by engaging underserved communities. During the 2011 Egyptian Revolution against …
Medellín, an Urban Palimpsest

By Juan Luis Mejía Arango

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2018 issue of Museum magazine. The city, once beset by violence, is using its public spaces and cultural institutions to transform itself. This article is adapted from Juan Luis …
A Conversation with Hallie Winter

By Cecelia Walls

Hallie Winter, curator at the Osage Nation Museum in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, is the recipient of the 2018 Nancy Hanks Memorial Award for Professional Excellence, which honors a museum professional with less than 10 years’ experience in the …
Future Proofing Museum Business Plans: Creating sustainable models for natural history research collections.

By Elizabeth Merritt

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2017 issue of Museum magazine. Last December, I co-taught a workshop in the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History’s newly renovated David Friend Hall, surrounded by a gorgeous exhibit …
The Art of Sustainable Design

By Michael Fiegenschuh

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2018 issue of Museum magazine. Museums can use environmental performance to enhance mission and visitor experience. Museums have long held a special place in the hierarchy of our …
How can museums support Native-led climate justice initiatives?

By Beka Economopoulos

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2018 edition of Museum magazine. “We humbly ask permission from all our relatives: our elders, our families, our children, the winged and the insects, the fourlegged, the swimmers and all …
A Call To Action: An update on international cultural property protection.

By Corine Wegener

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. Whether they recognize it or not, museum professionals are engaged in implementing the 1954 Hague Convention in their everyday work. When a museum creates an …