Museums, like all organizations, are grappling with the need to be more inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible. Because museums are caretakers of cultural history and among society’s most trusted institutions, the moral imperative to live IDEA values is even more urgent. Download this document to learn the key takeaways from the panel discussion at the 2022 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo moderated by Eve Moros-Ortega, Director, Lord Cultural Resources.

A new exhibit, focused on climate change has opened at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Global News Morning’s Kahla Evans chats with the curator, Isabelle Masson.

The Vancouver Art Gallery announced Monday that it has received nearly $30 million in federal funding, enough for its long-planned new building to proceed.

Beginning on July 1, visitors will be able to descend 180 feet beneath the power station in a glass-enclosed elevator ride lasting about one minute.

Gwinnett residents are being asked to participate in a year-long process to plan how the county’s artistic community can grow and serve all of the county’s residents.

Lord Cultural Resources has been engaged to lead the team that is facilitating the arts and culture master plan.

The Faculty of Law proudly congratulates the Master of Human Rights graduating class of 2022. Celebrating the conclusion of their program at a gala event at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on June 10th, the twelve members of the second cohort of graduates from this unique interdisciplinary program said farewell to Robson Hall and set off to pursue careers in human rights advocacy.

Every summer solstice since 1996, Canadians from every walk of life have come together to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day. 

As culture sector-workers, we are grateful year-round both for the fact that we work within the traditional territory of many nations, and also for the many opportunities we have to learn about and share the rich and diverse cultures, voices, experiences and histories of Indigenous people. 

Today, we'd like to celebrate and amplify the voices of our Indigenous colleagues by sharing events and information related to Indigenous People’s Day.

The Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Angela Cassie, Chief Strategy and Inclusion Officer at NGC, as Interim Director & CEO. Angela will assume her new duties on July 10, 2022 and will continue to implement the Gallery’s first-ever strategic plan—Transform Together. Angela earned the Board’s confidence through the substantial role she played in developing the Gallery’s strategic plan.

Niagara Parks is pleased to announce the appointment of one of its long-standing colleagues, Tim Johnson, as Senior Advisor Heritage and Legacy. Tim’s relationship with Niagara Parks started thirteen years ago with the development of the Landscape of Nations Commemorative Memorial. The agency has since called upon him to provide guidance and recommendations on matters of strategy, conceptual context, and initiatives to facilitate the growth of our educational programs and Indigenous community relations.

A scientific committee with the United Nations heard a presentation about why Africville should be designated as an UNESCO international site of historic memory. The committee with The Routes of Enslaved Peoples Project met in Halifax last weekend. As the Examiner reported last week, it was the first time the project, which was created by UNESCO in 1994 to help research and raise global awareness and understanding of the many complexities and lasting consequences of the transatlantic Slave Trade, met in North America.

Many former prison sites draw on the spooky and salacious to entertain visitors. But some are having second thoughts.

Renowned Canadian artist who died Sunday was mentored by Alex Colville at Mount Allison University.

Food is at the heart of The New York Botanical Garden’s (NYBG) major, institution-wide exhibition Around the Table: Stories of the Foods We Love. As it happens, so is travel, as NYBG is exhibiting plants from all over the globe. Within minutes, a visitor is transported to South America, Southeast Asia and the American South, all of it just 20 minutes from Midtown Manhattan. It’s a deep dive into both commonplace and unusual plants from all over the globe.

NYBG engaged Lord Cultural Resources to amplify concepts for the 2022 Foodways exhibit into a major exhibition. This work was developed in tandem with additional Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) planning services.

Some of the most interesting conversations I had at #AAM2022 were about workplace issues, notably pay equity, and I was heartened to find many people in leadership positions are looking for guidance and models of how to begin the process of adjusting salaries to align with their values and create more sustainable jobs.

The $17.4m scheme in Bihar has resulted in 33,000 young visitors to its main museum in Patna in a year.

Juneteenth in Brooklyn manifested as a festival of freedom, self-expression, community and creativity across the city’s most populous borough.

Hundreds of people came together at the Western Development Museum (WDM) in North Battleford Tuesday to forge a new history.

The brainchild of Opal Lee, the institution will be part of an economic development project aimed at revitalizing the city’s Historic Southside neighborhood.

The actor and cannabis advocate’s collection of works by Mexican-American artists is the centerpiece of a new museum, opening June 18.

As it turns 200, the Mauritshuis, home of “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” is welcoming discussion about its building’s ties to the history of slavery.

The IAIA remains the only educational institution in the world dedicated to the study of contemporary Native American and Alaska Native arts.

A new study discovered that going to museums can have myriad health benefits, such as improving feelings of depression, easing chronic pain, and decreasing the likelihood of being diagnosed with dementia.

What scientific studies during visits to art museums reveal about stress.

At Happy Museum, we see the wellbeing of people, place and planet as even more important, and at risk. This is a critical moment to re-consider the role of museums in creating a resilient and regenerative society: facing current realities whilst bringing a positive, imaginative and future facing frame.

People across the sector receive awards for their work.

Oslo's National Museum merges four of Norway’s major art and design institutions under one giant roof, creating the largest museum in the Nordic countries.

The museum landscape reflects a sharper winner-take-all dynamic than the gallery system.

At the beginning of 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic plunged museumsFootnote1 into uncharted territory. Museums around the world had to close their doors overnight, rendering their physical collections and gallery spaces inaccessible, and creating a mass exodus to the digital as the only means to stay present in their constituents’ lives. This sudden rupture has prompted museums to rethink their strategies, address questions of relevance, and find ways forward that rely on virtual rather than physical interactions.