Starting your week with wisdom!
Over the past week, LaTanya S. Autry has shared excerpts from A Museum for the People: A Report of Proceedings at the Seminar on Neighborhood Museums, Museums Collaborative (MUSE) from 1969. The assertions and observations made at the seminar are echoed today…over 50 years later. … From LaTanya S. Autry: Excerpts from A Museum for the People, 1969
On April 19, 2021, the Humble Hunterflies, a collective of former Weeksville Heritage Center (WHC) staff, released a letter “To the ancestors, Black cultural and memory workers, and the beloved Weeksville community.” … Former Weeksville Workers Speak Out
We are in a liminal space between the status quo and new possibilities as the calls to abolish the Western museum model grow louder. A lot of visioning is dedicated to either the deconstruction of present-day museums or the creation of something new. Both are important, both are necessary. However, there is a middle phase that can get overlooked: … In the Meantime: Worker Solidarity & Advocacy
Marabou considers Strike MoMA’s publication, A Framework and Terms for Struggle, a prime example of deep thinking around museums coupled with an active call for something new. … Strike MoMA: Analysis and Invitation
Over the past year, the museum world has been turned on its head, laid bare, its ills continually exposed each day. Amazing work has been done by groups like For the Culture, Change The Museum, and Dismantle NOMA to … On Museum Responsibility: A Generative Thought Exercise
