Synopses & Reviews
This call to action from AAM's Museums and Community Initiative challenges museums to pursue their potential as active, visible players in community life. An opening essay urges museums to reinvigorate their civic role and purposes and offers guideposts for inquiry and transformation. Other essays and reflections - from museum professionals and community practitioners - offer food for thought on the complex process of changing the terms of engagement between communities and museums.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Lou Casagrande
Preface by Frieda Nicholson and W. Richard West
Introduction by Robert R. Archibald
Exploring Museums & Community
Mastering Civic Engagement: A Report from the American Association of Museums by Ellen Hirzy
A Framework for Civic Engagement
The Civic Landscape by Christopher T. Gates
Coming to the Center of Community Life by Maria-Rosario Jackson
The Lens of Organizational Culture by Daniel Kertzner
How Community Foundations can Help Museums Fulfill their Civic Mission by Mariam Noland and Katie M. Goatley
Points of View: Reimagining Museums Civic Potential
Introduction
Extending a Welcome by Charles K. Steiner
Community Roots by Ron Chew
A Visible Community Center by Rosann Guggino Garcia
Civic Engagement Starts with the Board by Ron L. Kagan
Looking for Reinvention by Don Checots
Forging a True Partnership by Dale Thompson
Building Bridges by Daniel E. Stetson
A Public Service Responsibility by Irene Hirano
Early Experiences by Njia Kai
Looking Outward by Kathleen Stiso Mullins
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Museums & Community Task Force, Steering Committees, and Project Team
Index