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Awe in the museum: casting light on the role of the curator Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Marzia Varutti
Most discussions of awe in psychology and philosophy refer to experiences of this emotion occurring in museums; however these discussions tend to focus solely on the exhibit (e.g., the art masterpi...
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Correction Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-04-04
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Translating environmental memory in a natural history museum Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Sophie Decroupet
Faced with the environmental crisis, natural history museums have started to redefine their roles and look for new ways to represent natural changes. In exhibitions, this has led to an evolution co...
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Copyright protection: a key element in realizing the development potential of digital cultural and creative products in museums Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Jingwen Zhang, Yueyang Li
Digital cultural and creative products, specifically Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), have emerged in recent years, attracting numerous museums to explore their potential and creating a unique cultural ...
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Inclusivity and digital technologies in museums: lessons from an Italian experience Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Silvia Fissi, Elena Gori, Alberto Romolini
This paper explores an emerging research field that considers both digital technologies and social inclusion to create a novel approach to museum management. It investigates the use of digital tech...
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Museums and the spectre of societal collapse: the museum as lifeboat Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-03-24 Bernadette Lynch
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 39, No. 2, 2024)
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Editorial Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-03-21 James M. Bradburne
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 39, No. 2, 2024)
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Alone together? Solitary and shared visiting practices of pairs in the art museum Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Luise Reitstätter, Dimitra Christidou
As most visitors attend museums accompanied, this paper investigates visiting practices in the art museum by asking: How do visitors, coming as a group of two, explore the exhibition space and refl...
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Visitor orientation as a game changer for the digital transformation of museums Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Monika Stelmaszczyk, Agata Pierscieniak, Izabela Krawczyk-Sokolowska
The pandemic crisis has accelerated the process of digital transformation in museums. The introduction of innovations in the area of communication and processes of providing museum services to visi...
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Public art and private wealth: the controversial collaboration between the national museum in Norway and Fredriksen Family Art Company Ltd Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Ida Uppstrøm Berg, Håkon Larsen
There has been much discussion in the US and European media about the evolving relationship between wealthy private art collectors and underfunded public art museums. This paper examines the public...
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Editorial Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-01-25 James M. Bradburne
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 39, No. 1, 2024)
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Curating lively objects: exhibitions beyond disciplines Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Viviane Gosselin
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 39, No. 1, 2024)
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Civil war, museum and iconoclasm in Northern Ethiopia: Dessie and Merho Museums in focus Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Mohammed Jemal Ahmed
Ethnically or religiously motivated civil war and the subsequent iconoclastic acts are practical challenges that museums face in the twenty-first century. This article briefly discusses the destruc...
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‘Qualifying the sacred: recognising First Nations cultural values in the management and repatriation of museum collections.’ Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Michael Pickering
Australian collecting institutions and heritage agencies have been returning Ancestral Remains and secret-sacred objects to Australian First Nations communities for over 30 years. In recent years, ...
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Study examines parent–child families’ interactions with exhibits in natural history museum Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Shangshang Zhu, Luze Zhang, Yenan Dong, Wenjie Li, Qin Guo
This study aims to examine how parent–child families interact with exhibits while visiting a natural history museum. The study included 71 parent–child families with children aged 3–12 visiting the...
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Driving co-engineering in virtual children’s museum: using community engagement Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Zhiwei Wang, Shuke Xu, Ziqi Li
This study aimed to develop the Sanxingdui Online Children's Museum application jointly. The authors of the study, children aged 12–15, software developers and museum visitors were the co-designers...
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COVID-19 and the economic sustainability of Italian museums: can digital technologies enhance new revenue models? Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Deborah Agostino
This study analyses the impact of COVID-19 on the economic sustainability of Italian museums and questions whether the wide diffusion of digital technologies can enhance new revenue models. Museums...
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Are contemporary art museums non-profit institutions? Axioms, paradoxes, and contradictions on the economic role of museums Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-12-15 María Santandreu, Luis D. Rivero-Moreno
The museum’s practices, spaces, and goals have evolved significantly in recent decades. Therefore, ICOM created in 2017 a working group commissioned to revise the former definition, established sin...
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Diversified visitors’ participation roles as an innovation factor: a case study of the ‘Seoul Museum of Art Group’ Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Yon Jai Kim, Byung Jin Choi
This study analyses the managerial innovation process from 2019 to 2021 of the Seoul Museum of Art Group (SeMA Group), composed of seven museums. The SeMA Group changed its policy based on theoreti...
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When stories are not the same: power and powerlessness in a Nigerian Museum Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Abideen David Amodu, Yakub Adedolapo Aderibigbe
In this paper, we provide an alternative reading to one of the most fundamental claims of the exhibitionary complex, which argues that museums are symbols of power, greatness, wealth, and progress....
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Editorial Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-11-14 James M. Bradburne
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 6, 2023)
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Museums and wealth: the politics of contemporary art collections Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Shen Qu
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 6, 2023)
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The colonial roots of botany – legacies of empire in the botanic gardens of Oxford and Kew Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Vibe Nielsen
Although the involvement of botanic gardens in the colonial expansion of the British Empire is well documented, the public communication of this part of the history of the gardens is not as visible...
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Repatriation of aboriginal sacred objects: prospects for the return of the poorly provenanced Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Jason Gibson, Iain G. Johnston, Michael Cawthorn
This paper explores the challenges of repatriating poorly documented Aboriginal sacred religious objects from Central Australia. The authors present an overview of historical endeavours to repatria...
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TikTok in museum management: an effective museum enhancement tool? Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Francesco Carignani, Gesualda Iodice, Francesco Bifulco
Digital environments nowadays play a central role in creating value for organizations. In the cultural sector, the creation of value of organizations and in particular of museums is facing a paradi...
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Dialogues with cultural heritage via museum digitalisation: developing a model of visitors’ cognitive identity, technological agent, cultural symbolism, and public engagement Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Zirui Wang, Jie Meng
The digitalisation of museums is critical for preserving cultural artefacts and for public education. However, what digitally attracts younger generations to cultural heritage displays while boosti...
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Achieving museum performance: the role of learning orientation and product innovation Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Nikita Tryapkin
This paper explores the role of learning orientation in the museum sector by examining the relationships between learning orientation and product innovation with museum performance outcomes. Additi...
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Green public procurement in the museum sector: a first look at evidence Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Michal Plaček, Vladislav Valentinov, Cristina del Campo, Markéta Šumpíková, František Ochrana
Despite the considerable practical significance of implementing green public procurement in the museum sector, this topic remains largely unexplored in the literature. To address this gap, we condu...
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The slow museum: the affordances of a university art museum as a nurturing and caring space for young children and their families Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Nicola Wallis, Kate Noble
Museums are increasingly considering civic responsibilities towards the communities of which they are a part. In this study, a group of families with children aged between two and four years visite...
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Understanding virtual museum visits: generation Z experiences Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Tanja Komarac, Đurđana Ozretić Došen
This paper aims to provide new insight into creating authentic Web-based virtual museum experiences by exploring positive and negative elements of the experiences of Web-based virtual museum visits...
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Diversity as a matter of reality or a perception at the museum: samples of approaches and practices through research and analysis Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Ceren Güneröz, Ayşem Yanar
This study discusses diversity within the context of museums in Turkey. In this sense, the exhibitions, activities, and performances, including diversity within the functions of the museum studies,...
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Contesting collectors and conventions. An interdisciplinary approach to analyzing narrative identity in collectors’ museums Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Julie Lejsgaard Christensen
For years, critical museology has called for museums to question and revise their narratives and praxes. Current societal discourses on representation and inclusion in cultural heritage has made th...
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Play in museums: a scoping review Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Nanna Holdgaard, Anne Rørbæk Olesen
This article presents a quantitative scoping review of play in museums, focusing on when, where, and how play has been applied and researched. The findings indicate that the attention to play in mu...
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The temporary exhibition as a tool for communication and relationship between science and society: the case study of the Darwin-Dohrn Museum in Naples (Italy) Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Thalassia Giaccone
The temporary exhibition ‘Sharks of the Mediterranean sea’ features scientific and artistic collections. Priority focus is the knowledge of the biodiversity of the selachians of the Mediterranean s...
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Photo-Museology – The presence of absence and the absence of presence Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Carol E. Mayer
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 5, 2023)
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Editorial Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-08-10 James M. Bradburne
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 5, 2023)
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Digitally enriched museum experiences – what technology can do Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Licia Calvi, Arnold P.O.S. Vermeeren
ABSTRACT The recent pandemic crisis, coupled with the rapid development of new technologies, has shown what new opportunities exist for designing enriched museum experiences. In this article, we collected the experience of six Dutch design agencies that are known for their portfolio in applying new technologies to museum experiences, also internationally. We start by clarifying the concept of museum
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In what ways can Rapid Response Collecting be utilised by museums as a curatorial approach in advocating increased democratic and egalitarian approaches towards art within society? Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Laura Clark
Rapid Response Collecting (RRC) is a recent approach in museum collecting, where museums acquire objects considered reflective, illustrative, or exemplary of recent trends, current topics or social...
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How to address a ‘curation crisis’: rethinking collection storage at the Museum of Tropical Queensland Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Sophie Price
ABSTRACT Since the establishment of early colonial museums, concerns around collection storage, funding, and staffing levels have continued to exacerbate ‘curation crises’. In 2020, the Museum of Tropical Queensland began to address its own ‘curation crisis’ by restructuring the First Nations collections in storage and auditing collection knowledge. The project reconfigured embedded colonial structures
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Editorial Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-07-21 James M. Bradburne
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 4, 2023)
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Museum literature as a foundation for change: new perspectives for museum practice Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Joy Davis
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 4, 2023)
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Robots onboard? Investigating what individual predispositions and attitudes influence the reactions of museums’ employees towards the adoption of social robots Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Artur Modliński, Paweł Fortuna, Bohdan Rożnowski
ABSTRACT The digital transformation is affecting museums. New technologies such as applications, beacons, QR codes, virtual guides, holograms, touchscreens, and augmented reality are commonly adopted. Although much research was conducted on how visitors perceived the adoption of new technologies by museums, little is known about the reaction of the staff. Individual predispositions such as resistance
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Sick building syndrome in air-conditioned museum Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Azlan Shah Ali, Shirley Jin Lin Chua, Mohd Azlan Bin Umar
ABSTRACT Exposure to indoor contaminants in air-conditioned buildings can cause serious health effects to their occupants. The failure to control indoor air contaminants is one of the factors that contribute to poor indoor air quality (IAQ) and is a major contributor to sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the maintenance of mechanical ventilation
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Storytelling in heritage tourism: an exploration of co-creative experiences from a tourist perspective Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Ana Cláudia Campos, Maria Manuela Guerreiro, Meghan C. Beevor
ABSTRACT Storytelling has been posited as a co-creative tool to increase visitor engagement and experience memorability. However, a lack of knowledge exists regarding its role, implementation and impact in museum and heritage tourism settings. This exploratory work investigates how it applies in these settings. A storytelling tour was implemented at the Islamic Museum of Tavira, Portugal. Methodologically
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Editorial Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-06-24 James M. Bradburne
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 3, 2023)
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The adoption of virtual technology in museums: the case of a modern and contemporary museum in Indonesia Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Indria Handoko, Adi Nugroho
Museums play an important role in shaping social discourses, not only offering economic benefits but also making significant contributions in the development of social and cultural enrichment. In t...
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Empowering cultural heritage professionals: designing interactive exhibitions with authoring tools Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Vanessa Cesário, João Freitas, Pedro Campos
ABSTRACT This paper advocates for the involvement of Cultural Heritage Professionals (CHPs) such as curators, staff, and volunteers, in the design process for creating engaging museum exhibitions. The paper presents two prototypes: a desktop system that assists CHPs in creating interactive tools easily and intuitively, and a mobile application that allows museum visitors to enjoy interactive experiences
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Foundling museums: exhibition design and the intersection of the vital materiality of foundling tokens and affective visitor experience Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Jennifer Clark, Adele Nye
Exhibition design matters. It determines the way objects are presented, the stories they tell and the way visitors experience them. Using theories of vital materiality and affect as entry points in...
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Art and archives in the gallery: the archivist’s perspective Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-05-13 Peter Lester
ABSTRACT Artists have long been interested in the archival process. Their work examining and critiquing archives and archival concepts has attracted considerable scholarly attention; however, little attention has been paid to the perspectives of archivists, focusing instead on those of artists themselves, as well as critical theorists. This article focuses on how archivists consider and harness archives
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Building culturally sustainable communities. Community museums and transmedia storytelling Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Yi Song, Filippo Gilardi, Celia Lam
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) identify heritage practice as a means to develop culturally sustainable communities. Cultural sustainability enables the continuity of cultural identities an...
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Mine museums: a creative economics approach towards sustainable tourism Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Neda Torabi Farsani, Homa Moazzen Jamshidi, Marzieh Hekmat
ABSTRACT Nowadays, mine landscapes are known as new tourism destinations which attract educational tourists who are interested in adventure and new experiences. Mine museums pioneer the promotion of mining tourism and attempt to direct their activities toward a creative, green economy and sustainability. The major objective of this study is to consider how mine museums can contribute to sustainability
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Tourism marketing in a metaverse context: the new reality of European museums on meta Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Eva Sánchez-Amboage, Matías Enrique Membiela-Pollán, Valentín-Alejandro Martínez-Fernández, Sebastian Molinillo
ABSTRACT The ‘contactless’ culture established after COVID-19 and the development of metaverse technologies, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, blockchain and artificial intelligence, serve as vectors of change in museum tourism. Contactless behaviours have forced European museums to reconfigure and strengthen their digital communication and marketing strategies, mainly through social media
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Transforming Museum Management: Evidence-Based Change through Open Systems Theory Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Alexandra Hatcher
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 3, 2023)
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COVID-19 and the museum environment Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-04-15 Peter Cannon-Brookes
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 2, 2023)
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Central Yup'ik masks in the Vatican Museums; indigenous American heritage in European museums Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Ellen Pearlstein, Chuna McIntyre, Stefania Pandozy
An exploration of conservation and curatorial practices surrounding Indigenous American heritage in European museums began with an American Academy in Rome Prize fellowship which served to reconnec...
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Editorial Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-04-06 James M. Bradburne
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 2, 2023)
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Understanding levels of online participation in the U.K. museum sector Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Ellen Charlesworth, Andrew M. Beresford, Claire Warwick, Leonardo Impett
ABSTRACT COVID-19 has undeniably affected museums’ online content yet attempts to identify or understand sector trends have been hampered by a lack of data. This paper uses a representative sample of 315 U.K. museums to create a much-needed benchmark against which museum practitioners can evaluate and contextualise prior studies and their own experiences. Gathering data from museum websites and five
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The museums and collections of higher education Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Gabriela Chavarria
Published in Museum Management and Curatorship (Vol. 38, No. 2, 2023)
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The efficient use of new cultural management tools in the adaptation of public heritage during the COVID-19 pandemic Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Konstantin Sokolovskiy, Elena Vershitskaya, Valentina Latysheva
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of cultural management tools in the field of public heritage management (using museums as an example), before and during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Co-curating with trans people: the challenges of collaborating with heterogenous minoritised communities Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Serena Iervolino
ABSTRACT What are the challenges entangled with co-curatorial processes developed with highly heterogeneous, minoritised communities? Why do these exhibitions, even when co-created with community members, often emphasize community homogeneity over diversity? I address these questions by focusing on the Science Museum, London. I look back at a past project, What Makes Your Gender? (2014): a pivotal