BEYOND TOKENISM:

INSTITUTIONALIZING

INCLUSIVITY IN MUSEUMS

MuseumNext 2015 Indianapolis

Monica Montgomery

Founding Director Museum of Impact

Masum Momaya

Curator Smithsonian Institution

Ten Ways to Institutionalize Inclusivity

#1: Acknowledge the Relationship between Social Justice and Museum Labor

Museum Workers Speak Rogue Session 2015 AAM Annual Meeting April 28, 2015 Atlanta, Georgia

“I have a Master’s degree but am earning intern money. That ain’t gonna

work.”

“I fought tooth and nail with my boss to get an intern a measly $1000

stipend.”

“I’m tired of being expected to accept that I make less than $40,000 a

year in a major city.”

“These labor issues disproportionately affect people of color.”

"I am tired of being the only black person I know in museum

leadership."

“It gives me hope to hear the white people in the room talk about their

own privilege.”

#2: Engage Voices of Museum Workers at All Levels to Cultivate Change

Advocacy Forum co-organized by Museum Workers Speak (@MuseumWorkers) and Chicago Emerging Museum Professionals (@ChicagoEMP) June 30 and August 24, 2015 (Next event: Tuesday, October 27, 2015) Chicago, Illinois

#MuseumWorkersSpeak Tweet Chats Every first Wednesday, 2-3pm and 8-9pm Eastern

#3: Engage Communities from Concept to Closing Pacific Worlds at Oakland Museum of California

Especially Docents, Artists, Writers & Photographers

#3: Engage Communities from Concept to Closing

#4: Use Inclusive, Intentional Design

#4: Use Inclusive, Intentional Design: Trans Family Photo Project Margaret Middleton (Curator), Matthew Clowney (Photographer)

#5: Fingerprinting & Bi Lingual Touch Points

Lewis Latimer Historic House

#6: Museum As Stage : Wild Papers Interactive Theater Lewis Latimer Historic House Museum May & June 2015

#6: Museum As Stage : Wild Papers Interactive Theater Lewis Latimer Historic House Museum May & June 2015

#7: Hold Space For

Community Museum of Impact 2015

#7: Hold Space

For Community Museum of Impact Harlem

#8: Creative Curators Community Poetry as Art

Lewis Latimer Historic House Museum August 2015

#8: Creative Curators Community Poetry as Art

Lewis Latimer Historic House Museum August 2015

#9:

Democratize

Digital Space

'Our Panchayat, Our

Contribution,' Poster Women Project Zubaan Books India

Secret Ballot (2001) Iran Film poster

Georgina Choueiri Lebanon Veils Mural Acrylic/Spray Paint

Chinwe Uwatse Nigeria Ewoo, Efukwa'am Watercolour on paper

#10: Shape the Digital Metanarrative

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