Jan Masaoka explores several myths about effective fundraising strategies. These mythical truisms can mislead us into thinking we should be chasing pots of gold that will always remain out of reach.
From November 2014 through April 2015, the Portland Art Museum hosted the installation of a complex, unsettling, and physically-immersive multimedia installation piece entitled The Enclave (2013) by Irish contemporary artist and photographer Richard Mosse. The Enclave presented a unique challenge for the Portland Art Museum’s education team as they tackled issues of interpretation, visitor reflection, and public learning. This case study explores the strategies used by the museum to connect a variety of visitors with this unsettling work of contemporary art.
As museums increasingly become spaces for engaging challenging topics, three metro Atlanta institutions joined together to address a century-old rift in the community. Using expanded audiences, a shared strategic mission, and a network of public historians, the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History forged a partnership with the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum and the Museum of History and Holocaust Education to present the exhibit, “Seeking Justice: The Leo Frank Case Revisited.” The following reflective case study provides an example of how public history can address a controversial subject in its most sensitive geographic location. - See more at: http://publichistorycommons.org/anna-tucker-leo-frank-memory-post/#sthash.LGQmPX0B.dpuf
As museums increasingly become spaces for engaging challenging topics, three metro Atlanta institutions joined together to address a century-old rift in the community. Using expanded audiences, a shared strategic mission, and a network of public historians, the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History forged a partnership with the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum and the Museum of History and Holocaust Education to present the exhibit, “Seeking Justice: The Leo Frank Case Revisited.” The following reflective case study provides an example of how public history can address a controversial subject in its most sensitive geographic location. - See more at: http://publichistorycommons.org/anna-tucker-leo-frank-memory-post/#sthash.LGQmPX0B.dpuf
As museums increasingly become spaces for engaging challenging topics, three metro Atlanta institutions joined together to address a century-old rift in the community. Using expanded audiences, a shared strategic mission, and a network of public historians, the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History forged a partnership with the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum and the Museum of History and Holocaust Education to present the exhibit, “Seeking Justice: The Leo Frank Case Revisited.” The following reflective case study provides an example of how public history can address a controversial subject in its most sensitive geographic location.
Porchia Moore discusses assumptions and biases that hide beneath the use of the term “community.” How do you use the term “community” at your museum? Who comes to mind and doesn’t come to mind?
Most change fails. 70% of it according to some. If that is so, why does it happen and what you might do about it are good questions. Paul Taylor takes a look at it and gives his take and experience.
Collen Dilenschneider explores how data suggests that at our best, cultural organizations are social and facilitate human connection.
As museums increasingly become spaces for engaging challenging topics, three metro Atlanta institutions joined together to address a century-old rift in the community. Using expanded audiences, a shared strategic mission, and a network of public historians, the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History forged a partnership with the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum and the Museum of History and Holocaust Education to present the exhibit, “Seeking Justice: The Leo Frank Case Revisited.” The following reflective case study provides an example of how public history can address a controversial subject in its most sensitive geographic location. - See more at: http://publichistorycommons.org/anna-tucker-leo-frank-memory-post/#sthash.LGQmPX0B.dpuf
![Leo Frank circa 1910. Photo credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-B2-1234]](/files/2114/4838/4357/Leo_Frank.png)
