migration – American Alliance of Museums

Trading Labor for Food

By Elizabeth Merritt

As I revisit my “diary of the future” from a decade ago, I find myself examining how my speculative vision of 2019 has converged with or diverged from reality. Some of my stories were, unfortunately, spot on. Anti-immigrant …
Why the Tenement Museum Launched a Podcast

By Kevin Jennings

Earlier this year, I gave the keynote speech at the annual conference of the Council of American Jewish Museums. The theme of the conference (as well as the prompt I received for my remarks) was “The Creativity Challenge.” In my speech, I …
Curator as Catalyst: How an interdisciplinary fellowship inspired “a new way of doing museum”

By Dr. Edith Doron

A few years ago, I had the unique opportunity to work across four fiercely independent and starkly different museums in the fine arts, sciences, and natural history. After being awarded ACLS Public Fellow with the Carnegie Museums of …
The Portal: A Real-Time Conversation with People Forced to Flee Violence

By Elizabeth Merritt

In TrendsWatch 2017 I highlight Shared Studio’s Portals in the chapter on Empathy. These bi-directional video walls host virtual “face-to-face” conversations between people around the world, and have been used by a variety of institutions, …
Inflatable Refugee

By Elizabeth Merritt

#Migration #Refugees @immigration_mv Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on CFM’s Pinter…
Reshaping The World: Migration, Refugees, And Forced Displacement

By Elizabeth Merritt

“Refugees and displacement are likely to become a defining issue of the 21st century.”Alexander Betts, director, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford Mass migration, driven by conflict, oppression, political upheaval, climate …
Welcoming New Citizens: A Natural Role for Museums

By Elizabeth Merritt

When Nicole Ivy and I were working on the 2016 edition of TrendsWatch, CFM’s annual forecasting report, we identified mass migration as a global trend having a huge impact on museums and their communities. The topic was so complex we spent …
Why has my art museum embraced an early childhood and refugee-based program that has nothing to do with our current exhibits?

By Elizabeth Merritt

As I noted in last month’s post about the web site Museums & Migration, mass migration has been described as “the defining issue of this century.” A large segment of these migrants are refugees, fleeing political upheaval, persecution …
Museums and Migration

By Elizabeth Merritt

Mass migration, driven by conflict, oppression, political upheaval, climate change and economic distress, has been described as “the defining issue of this century.” As such, it is one of many critical issues that museums can address in …