WHAT IS A MUSEUM? Part Two
Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Category: US
What is a Museum? An Exploration in Six Parts PART 2: THE FUNCTION OF COLLECTING Tuesday January 19, 2021 12pm EST
The defining essential unity in museums are the functions of collecting, preserving, documenting, researching, exhibiting and in other ways, communicating and interpreting evidence of human culture and history for the benefit of everyone. Should our collections shift as our communities do? In a world aimed towards political correctness, how do we address collections as a result of power and colonization? The elephant in the room … deaccession!
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