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Inclusion
A Totally Inclusive Museum
At the conclusion of a long and productive workshop about inclusion, a museum employee asked: ”How will we know when we have reached our goal of being fully inclusive?” It was a great …
Making the Museum Autism Friendly
Charlotte Coates provides an overview on how museums can work towards making their spaces more autism friendly and shares examples of museums with resources and programming for families and …
Museums Should Take Notes from Black Panther and Beyoncé: How to engage visitors in difficult discussions using popular media
These days, when museums make it into popular conversation it’s a cause for celebration in the community. As we face increasing competition for leisure time and new challenges in audience …
What does it mean to decolonize a museum?
Whether you’re new to the discourse on decolonization, or just in need of a refresh on the expanding definition and evolving practices around the term, this thorough primer has the …
A New Way to See: Looking at museums through the eyes of the blind
Let’s talk about accessibility. In the twenty-first century era of inclusivity, museums are working towards making the visitor experience a more positive and unique one, as part of efforts …
CAMPing Out: Making Museums More LGBTQ-friendly with Chicagoland Alliance of Museums with PRIDE
Part 1: Katie Slivovsky, Exhibit Development Director, LGBTQ Access & Inclusion Chair, Chicago Children’s Museum Something wonderful is brewing in Chicago—and I don’t mean craft beer. …
The Museum of Street Culture
One national trend I’ve been tracking is the recent rise in people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. On any given night over a half million people in the US are coping with …
How Can Museums Empower Communities? TACA Perforum
Last month I had the honor of speaking on a panel organized by The Arts Community Alliance (TACA) in Dallas, hosted by the Nasher Sculpture Center. Every year TACA brings together speakers …
Where ‘Human Zoos’ Once Stood, A Belgian Museum Now Faces Its Colonial Past
The Belgian Royal Museum for Central Africa’s first exhibit was a mock African Village temporary exhibit that included 267 Congolese adults and children on display as a “human …
The Citizenship Project
It is shortly after 6 pm on a rainy summer evening in New York City. Ten adults are gathering in a classroom at the New-York Historical Society, carrying umbrellas, notebooks, and pocket …
LGBTQ Guide: San Francisco museum shines light on hidden history
Read more about the GLBT History Museum in San Francisco and how it’s shining a light on the hidden histories of LGBTQ individuals. “I bring young people through here and I tell them, …
At The Worcester Art Museum, New Signs Tell Visitors Which Early American Subjects Benefited From Slavery
The Worcester Art Museum has begun to revise labels in its artwork to mitigate inherent biases. We tend to think of New England and Massachusetts in particular as an abolitionist state, …