Reinventing the Museum

This dramatically updated version of this seminal reader provides an inspiring contemporary collection of works from diverse voices from the US and the international stage capturing change and innovative approaches useful to museum leaders, students, and professionals aiming to stay relevant, inclusive, and viable.

Gail Anderson president of Gail Anderson & Associates (GA&A) works with museum leaders facilitating institutional transformation, building institutional and leadership capacity, and expanding community and global relevance. Anderson has dedicated much of her 40+ year career to researching, amassing and sharing resources and new ideas to contribute to the evolving thinking about museums. Anderson's projects include strategic planning, organizational restructuring, institutional assessment and development, and board development. She has worked with more than 70+ clients and completed over 110+ projects. Her core commitments have been to advance social responsibilities, DEAI efforts in the field, decolonization efforts, and museums as key players in the larger global ecosystem. Prior to launching her own consulting business, Anderson was Deputy Director of The Mexican Museum, Vice President of Museum Management Consultants, Chair of the Graduate Department of Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, California, Assistant Director at the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, and Museum Educator at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Her publications include the American Association of Museums book, Museum Mission Statements: Building A Distinct Identity (1997), Reinventing the Museum: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Paradigm Shift (2004), and the second edition, Reinventing the Museum: The Evolving Conversation on the Paradigm Shift (2012), and, Mission Matters: Relevance and Museums for the 21st Century (2019), plus numerous articles. This 3rd edition Reinventing the Museum: Relevance, Inclusion and Global Responsibilities is Anderson's latest publication. Anderson continues her commitment to advancing the field through frequent speaking engagements, writing, and teaching.

Acknowledgments , xi , INTRODUCTION: The Urgency for Relevance, Inclusion, and Global Responsibilities , 1 , PART IGLOBAL REALITIES CHALLENGE MUSEUM PURPOSE , 9 , Chapter 1 , Museums: Geopolitics, Decolonisation, Globalisation and Migration George Okello Abungu , 13 , Chapter 2 , Indigenous Peoples and International Museology Bryony Onciul , 23 , Chapter 3 , From Objects of Enlightenment to Objects of Apology: Why You Can't Make Amends for the Past by Plundering the Present Tiffany Jenkins , 39 , Chapter 4 , The Empathetic Museum: A New Institutional Identity Gretchen Jennings, Jim Cullen, Janeen Bryant, Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell, Stacey Mann, Charlette Hove, and Nayeli Zepeda , 47 , Chapter 5 , The Value of Museums in Averting Societal Collapse Robert R. Janes , 67 , Chapter 6 , Paradigm Shift to Illuminate this Disrupted Planet Emlyn Koster, PhD , 81 , Chapter 7 , Global Trends in Museums David Fleming , 91 , SPECIAL FEATURE , Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development United Nations , 97 , PART II TRANSFORMATIVE INSTITUTIONAL MINDSETS , 99 , Chapter 8 , Inside Out Outside In: A Resilience Model for Museums Offers Strategies to Address Challenging Realities Anne W. Ackerson, Gail Anderson, and Dina A. Bailey , 103 , Chapter 9 , Creating a Framework for Institutional Genealogy Aletheia Wittman , 109 , Chapter 10 , Reconsidering People as the Institution: Empathy, Pay Equity, and Deaccessioning as Key Leadership Strategies in Art Museums Amy Whitaker , 113 , Chapter 11 , Creating the Just Leader: Inclusive Leadership and Organizational Justice Chris Taylor , 127 , Chapter 12 , Museum Leaders as Allies for Queer Inclusion Margaret Middleton , 135 , Chapter 13 , Growth Mindset for a More Peaceful, Empathetic World Eduardo Briceño , 143 , Chapter 14 , Sustainability, Resilience and Growth Through Digital Innovation Nik Honeysett , 149 , Chapter 15 , The Four Principles of Purpose-Driven Board Leadership Anne Wallestad , 163 , Chapter 16 , Deconstructing Nonprofit Sustainability Jan Masaoka, Jeanne Bell, and Steve Zimmerman , 173 , PART III , THE IMPERATIVE FOR INCLUSIVITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY , 177 , Chapter 17 , Moving Toward Internal Transformation: Awareness, Acceptance, Action Janeen Bryant, Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell, Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, Gretchen Jennings, Joanne Jones-Rizzi , 181 , Chapter 18 , The Evolving Responsibility of Museum Work in the Time of Climate Change Sarah Sutton , 193 , Chapter 19 , Cultural Interpretation in the 21st Century: Transformational Changes in Museum Practice W. Richard West Jr. , 209 , Chapter 20 , The Politics of History in Memorial Museums Julie Higashi , 221 , Chapter 21 , Presence and Power: Beyond Feminism in Museums Elisabeth Callihan and Kaywin Feldman , 229 , Chapter 22 , Public Spaces for Strangers: How Museums' Physical Assets Should Contribute to Communal Peace, 2017 Elaine Heumann Gurian , 241 , Chapter 23 , Tools for Thinking: From Tools and Approaches for Transforming Museum Experience Rachel Ginsberg, Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell, and Gail Bennett , 251 , SPECIAL FEATURE , First Peoples: A Roadmap for Enhancing Indigenous Engagement in Museums and Galleries , 257 , , Terri Janke , , SPECIAL FEATURE , Race Report Card Museums & Race , 259 , PART IV , PRACTICES TO SUPPORT REINVENTED MUSEUMS , 263 , Chapter 24 , WINDOWS Ten Shifts: Redefining Cultural Institutions , 267 , , Michael John Gorman , , Chapter 25 , Climate of Change , 279 , , Julie Decker , , Chapter 26 , Repatriation and Ritual, Repatriation as Ritual , 287 , , Laura Peers, Lotten Gustafsson Reinius, and Jennifer Shannon , , Chapter 27 , Race Isn't Just a "Black Thing": The Role that Museum Professionals Can Play in Inclusive Planning and Programming , 295 , , , , , , , Esther J. Washington and Anna F. Hindley , , Chapter 28 , Museums Without (Scholar-)Curators: Exhibition-Making in Times of Managerial Curatorship , 301 , , Mathieu Viau-Courville , , Chapter 29 , Mechanisms and Tropes of Colonial Narratives , 319 , , Hodan Warsame , , Chapter 30 , Materialising Reform: How Conservation Encounters Collection , , , Practises in Zoos , 323 , , Monika Krause and Katherine Robinson , , Chapter 31 , Digital Transformation: It's a Process and You Can Start Now , 339 , , John Russick and Jack Ludden , , Chapter 32 , Cultural Humility as a Framework for Anti-Oppressive , , , Archival Description , 349 , , Jessica Tai , , SPECIAL , Ten Principles for an Anti-Racist, Anti-Orientalist, Activist , , FEATURE , Approach to Collections , 365 , , Elizabeth Wood, Rainey Tisdale, and Trevor Jones , , PART V , LEGACY ARTICLES FROM REINVENTING THE MUSEUM, , , , EDITIONS I AND II: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY , 367 , Selected Bibliography 371About the Editor 379