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WHAT IS A MUSEUM? Part Four
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Category: US

What is a Museum? An Exploration in Six Parts
PART 4: MUSEUMS AS INFLUENCERS
TUESDAY, March 16, 2021
12pm EST
 
Museums have a shared commitment, responsibility and authority in relationship to their communities. Museums are places of learning and exploration, key institutions for influence and dissemination of public scholarship. How can museums best portray the identity and memory of their communities? How can museums not only chronicle the past, but depict the present and become touchstones for the future of their communities?

Speakers
Kelly McKinley, CEO, Bay Area Discovery Museum
Lauran Bonilla-MerchavChair, ICOM Costa Rica and Interim Professor, University of Costa Rica
Lisa Sasaki, Director, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Moderators
Rick WestPresident and CEO, Autry National Center of the American West, ICOM-US Board Member
Diana Pardue, Director, Museum Services Division, Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Immigration Museum, ICOM-US Ex-Officio Board Member and Chair of International Committee for Disaster Resilient Museums Committee (DRMC)

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