Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in museums / edited by Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Laura L. Lott.

Format:

Book

Series:

American Alliance of Museums.

American Alliance of Museums

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum visitors.

Museums and minorities.

Museums--Social aspects.

Museums.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Alliance Of Museums, 2019.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

"In this edited volume, thought leaders in the museum field contemplate the field's struggles with diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. For the first time, these watershed essays, keynote addresses, and data are gathered in one resource, so we can learn from recent history and build on these leaders' work in the next decade."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Flies in the buttermilk: museums, diversity, and the will to change / Lonnie Bunch

Museums, racism, and the inclusiveness chasm / Carlos Tortolero

2015 American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting keynote address / Johnnetta Betsch Cole

Women's locker room talk: gender and leadership in museums / Kaywin Feldman

Twin threats: how ignorance and instrumentality create inequality and injustice / Darren Walker

The leadership imperative: diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion as strategy / Laura L. Lott

History that promotes understanding in a diverse society / Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko

Pipeline is a verb: field notes on the Spelman College Curatorial Studies Pilot Program / Andrea Barnwell Brownlee

Museums and ADA at 25: progress and looking ahead / Beth Bienvenu

Catalyzing inclusion: steps towards sustainability in museums / Natanya Khashan

It's time to stop and ask why? / Lisa Sasaki

Much has been taken, but all is not lost: the restorative promise of first-voice representation / Eduardo Díaz

No longer hiding in plain sight / William Underwood Eiland

The National Museum of the American Indian: whence the 'art object' / W. Richard West, Jr

Disability and innovation: the universal benefits of inclusive design / Haben Girma

Maybe this time: a personal journey toward racial equity in museums / Elaine Gurian

Museum musings: then and now

Cecile Shellman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798765194638

1-5381-1864-5

OCLC:

1528556884