What is a Museum? An Exploration in Six Parts
PART 3: THE WHITENESS OF MUSEUMS
Tuesday February 16, 2021
12pm EST
 
Museums are undergoing an effort to acknowledge and recognize with concern the legacies and continuous presence of deep societal inequalities and asymmetries of power and wealth across the globe, nationally, regionally and locally. How could museums reverse their lineage and attain diversity in a continuous organic fashion? Can tokenism eventually lead to core transformation and inclusion?
 

Speakers
George Abungu, Okello Abungu Heritage Consultants (Nairobi) and Former Professor of Heritage Studies, University of Mauritius
Christopher Bedford, Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director, The Baltimore Museum of Art
Christina Woods, Executive Director, Duluth Art Institute
 
Moderators
Lyndel King, Director Emeritus, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, ICOM-US Board Member
Kate Quinn, Executive Director, James A. Michener Art Museum, ICOM-US Board Member and Program Committee Co-Chair

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