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-Merchav, Chair, ICOM Costa Rica and Interim Professor, University of Costa Rica Lisa Sasaki, Director, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Moderators Rick West, President 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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