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Rather than being passive repositories of artworks, artifacts and archival materials, Social Museums actively engage with their communities, addressing social issues, promoting dialogue, and fostering inclusivity. Central to the Social Museum philosophy is the belief that museums should serve as catalysts for social change and platforms for civic engagement. The Social Museum embodies four key principles.

If you want to become a Curator, Archivist, Conservation Specialist, Museum Educator, or work in the museum sector, pursuing a course in #Museology might be the way forward! It not only exposes students to the working of museums through curatorial studies, museum management, public programming, and conservation methods, but also provides them with a holistic view of museums by engaging them with the philosophy of art, history and culture. Did we miss out on any course? Tell us in the comments!

Enhance your child's learning journey with captivating field trips to museums, art galleries, or historical sites. Immerse them in diverse cultures, art forms, and historical events. 🏛️💡 Share your thoughts or your favorite field trip memory in the comments below! 👇 #MicroschoolFieldTrips #microschool #microschooling #microschoolflorida #floridaeducation #floridaed #fieldtrips #nontraditionaleducation #innovativeeducation #northfloridaeducation

Going to a museum enriches the visitor's life, but also enriches the visitor's community! Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/eapT47V2 #FridayFacts #Massachusetts #ArtsAdvocacy #CreativeEconomy @masscreative @nefa_arts ID: A black border at the top and bottom with the 4A Arts logo on the top in white and #FridayFacts in purple on the bottom. A purple square with the words "Friday Facts: State Arts Impact" below the black top border. In the middle, a statistic from the American Alliance of Museums' report linked above reads: "Museums in Massachusetts generated a Gross Value Added Impact of 2.3 billion dollars in 2016" written in a purple font over a light yellow colored outline of the state of Massachusetts. 

Keeping a museum sparkling clean isn't just about dusting off exhibits. It's ensuring each artwork shines & stories remain untold, unhindered. Making history look as good as new, day after day. #ArtCare #schoolcleaningservices #restaurantcleaningservice #specialeventcleaning

We visited the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History today in Washington, DC and it was just fabulous. We highly recommend it to all Linked In members visiting DC. Visitors are able to enter the museum until 4:00 p.m. Passes are released at 8:00 a.m., for time slots up to 30 days out. Same-day passes are released beginning at 8:15 a.m. They are free to reserve. It’s a little more complicated than needed (eg you have to enter your email twice) so leave some time for filling it out via your cell phone on site! All groups (schools, families, educational groups, etc.) larger than nine must use the group reservation link. Important Conditions: The Smithsonian’s timed pass reservation system is for visitors’ personal use only, and Smithsonian timed passes are valid only for the stated visitor(s), guest(s), date, and time. Passes may not be sold or transferred. Reservations that violate these conditions may be cancelled. Once inside you are going to absolutely love it! The presentations are on six floors so just pick one to get the most out of your visit. We picked Concourse 3 : the earliest period of African-American history but other floors cover cultural developments, including music and film so do a little planning! #nationalmuseumofafricanamericanhistory

#Legacy150: 'The Museum will not be Decolonised' conference schedule is now live https://lnkd.in/gyTEreAh Sumaya Kassim writes that “Museums are not neutral in their preservation of history. In fact, arguably, they are sites of forgetfulness and fantasy”. Her discussion was based on work she and colleagues did with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and it holds true of many museums throughout the UK. It is the “forgetfulness” of the objects’ lived history and the “fantasy” of these objects being out of time that is endemic in museum spaces. In this conference we discuss objects held in non-ethnographic museums and explore what they mean as representations of human experience, how we can accurately represent their lived experience using digital technologies and their weight as political and social signifiers in the contemporary world. The conference provides a space for interested parties to discuss the ways objects are presented and their histories represented.

You should have a policy on cataloguing. This could either be a standalone document or part of a wider collections management policy. Either way, in deciding your policy you will need to consider this question: "How will you identify contemporary or historic bias within the museum's cataloguing practice?" 🔗 https://buff.ly/3SHILoW #PrimaryProcedures #MuseumDocumentation #Museums

NYC World Trade Center Visit Depending on your age, you probably have memories of where you were and what you were doing on the morning of 9/11/2001. However, those memories, as is only natural, have probably faded, unless maybe you were actually there that day. I had an opportunity to visit the 9/11 museum last weekend in NYC. And my memoires had in fact faded.  The museum resurrected those memories and all that that event entailed: how individuals responded – whether first responders, people in the buildings, the passengers and crew who made sure flight 93 did not reach its target – the physical destruction and deaths, and so much more. It was so powerful. It is a remarkable remembrance of a terrible time and loss, and a testament to what can be the best (and worst) aspects of humankind. And sadly, the world continues to suffer from some of the worst nature of humankind. However, I strongly encourage everyone who has the opportunity to visit the 9/11 museum, but have not yet done so, to make the visit. Whether you have memories of that day or not. It is well worth it. https://lnkd.in/ef6qWmGA https://lnkd.in/ehYQx_yr (Scroll down for video - a short video w images and voices of the day) https://lnkd.in/euw2fJzN (History Channel reviews the days chronology and events)

From this week’s Museum Human by Robert J. Weisberg Is the Fall of the Museum Workplace a Matter of Time?  It might be a worthwhile exercise for us to ask, what if every major task of a museum were given twice as long to happen? Could other kinds of work—longer-term projects, or the classic "things that never get done" like professional learning and development or mentoring and so on—now take place? https://lnkd.in/gEuY9ZZ2