The State of Museums, Voices from the Field
Coinciding with the centenary of the New England Museums Association – a region home to many of the USA’s most progressive and ground-breaking museums – The State of Museums, Voices from the Field explores the shifts in culture, urbanization, technology, tolerance and diversity that continue to impact the mission, operation and priorities of museums worldwide. The result is thought-provoking series of must-read essays, checklists, roadmaps and models which face up to the big questions facing museums in rapidly changing times.
- Introduction
Rebekah Beaulieu, Dawn E Salerno and Mark S Gold - The Past as a Brave Space: Reframing Relevance
Elisabeth Nevins | Seed Education Consulting, Boston, MA - Trauma and New England Museums
Kisha G Tracy | Associate Professor of English Studies, Fitchburg State University, MA - Transforming Academic Art Museums
Stefanie S Jandl | Independent Museum Professional, Acton, MA - Evaluation and Audience Research in Museums: Past, Present and Future
Christina Smiraglia | Senior Research Manager, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
Lynn Baum | Principal, Turtle Peak Consulting, Needham, MA - Public Art Inside and Outside the Museum
Laura A Macaluso | Independent Scholar and Grant Writer, Lynchburg, VA - Investing in Museums: A New Paradigm for Professional Compensation
Dawn E Salerno | Executive Director, Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum, New Bedford, MA
Mark S Gold | Partner, Smith Green & Gold LLP, Pittsfield, MA - The Place-Based Museum
Rebekah Beaulieu | Director, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT - The State of the Playing Field
Kathryn Leann Harris | Independent Public Historian, Cambridge, MA
Douglas Stark | Museum Director, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, RI - The Future of Deaccessioning After the Berkshire Museum Case
Julia Courtney | Independent Curator, Boston, MA - The Value of Museum Studies
Tara Young | Independent Museum Professional, Shrewsbury, MA - Museums and the Paradox of Tolerance
Tegan Kehoe | Exhibit and Education Specialist, Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation, Boston, MA - Why Do Museums Matter?
Andrea Woodberry | Museum Professional, St. Paul, MN