Change is Required: Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Museum is a
book about the future of American museums. Like other institutions,
museums and zoos, historic sites, gardens, and arboreta, were
powerfully affected by the nested crises of the pandemic. These
unprecedented crises challenged American museums. Adapting to novel
circumstances and uncertainty became the order of the day;
improvisation in policy and practice the new norm. Amidst upheavals
and disruptions, a number of American museums have charted new
directions for themselves and their communities. Many museums have
taken a decisive turn to digital programming. Others have taken a
turn toward community, developing new kinds of collaborations with
their neighbors and local audiences. Still others have moved issues
of equity and justice--internally and in the world--to the center
of their institutional concerns. In every part of the country--and
in every type of museum--museum workers are challenging old
assumptions, conventional narratives, and customary practices as
they look to the future. In Change Is Required, a unique array of
50 museum professionals--representing different disciplines,
positions, and experiences--share their thinking about assessing
needs and possibilities, managing people and resources, and
building productive new relationships with neighbors, communities,
and partner organizations. These authors argue that change is
necessary--inside and beyond the museum. It is futile and
unproductive to default to the old "normal." To achieve greater
relevance, impact, equity, and inclusiveness, museums need to
reconsider their leadership models, organizational culture,
internal structures, and community collaborations Bristling with
personal passion, informed by experience, and focused on the
future, the essays in this volume convey the urgency to rethink
traditional museum practice, offering visionary--yet
practical--routes to future museum success in a volatile, complex,
and ambiguous world. In its depth and range, this book constitutes
an invitation to join in the growing, lively discourse about
possible futures for museums in America. The invitation extends not
only to museum professionals, but to all those interested in
cultural affairs and institutions.
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