Management & Administration

What Is a Museum In 2019?

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In addition to the dictionary’s standard definition of “museum,” more specialized and sometimes contradictory understandings issue forth from our professional entities and associations. ICOM-US has joined with ICOM-Paris to host a series of listening and talking sessions, through which museum professionals worldwide are hoping to redefine “museum” for the twenty-first century. Learn how ICOM has gathered information and how it will be interpreted, resulting in a definition that encompasses current practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Reflect on the changing definitions of “museum” in contemporary society.
• Learn to articulate museums’ roles—their essential nature—in stewarding knowledge and heritage.
• Study our position as advocates for change.

Moderator(s)

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  Kathy Dwyer Southern

  Part-Time Faculty
  George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design

Presenter(s)

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  Richard West, Jr.

  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Autry Museum of the American West