Arts & Humanities Dear museums, treat your visitors as friends There is often a discontinuity, even hierarchy, between curatorial and educational departments at museums that strains the communication between museum professionals and visitors.
Arts & Humanities Call for Manuscripts: Museums and Narrative We are looking for English-language manuscripts on museums and exhibitions as narrative media for our new book series.
Arts & Humanities World War II Museums and the Battle for Memory, 75 Years Later In 2020, can we make a universal claim that the end of the Second World War in Europe was a liberation, a symbol of peace and freedom? A plea for multi-faceted approaches to remembering World War II.
Arts & Humanities “I could imagine my ancestors smile” – Lonnie Bunch on the National Museum of African American History and Culture The first African American Secretary of the Smithsonian and former director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture about the NMAAHC, museums and their role in creating inclusive national narratives.