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Whether your challenges involve day-to-day operations, or ambitious, transformative goals, we have tools to help you. From infographics and tip sheets to in-depth multimedia resources, these tools can:
- Transform museum learning at your institution.
- Activate your organization’s “soft power.”
- Offer practical solutions for even highly creative, non-traditional museum experiences.
- So much more.
Explore our tools by topic or by type to find what you need. Something specific you have in mind that is not here? Let us know by sending us an email at info@lord.ca.
The inaugural Museums/Musées Canada Summit took place in Kitchener from April 3-6, 2022. Gail Lord, President and Co-Founder, Lord Cultural Resources spoke at the summit on "The New Context for Revisiting History Museums." Read her presentation to learn more about the challenges history museums are facing today and some ideas for shaping a path forward.
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In this podcast you'll hear discussions with Prof. Dimitrios Pandermalis, President, Acropolis Museum on the Parthenon Marbles, what museums should be, and what can they offer the public, the history of the Marbles with Paul Denis, Assistant Curator, Greek and Roman Galleries, Royal Ontario Museum, and this:
Under increasing pressure to right past wrongs and repatriate the cultural objects they house, museums potentially find themselves on the cusp of a great letting go – not only of artifacts, but of old roles. What then? A Q&A with Gail Lord considers unlocking a way forward, even as museums consider unlocking their vaults.
Lord's Vice President Brad King dives into a lively conversation with Rashida Phillips, Executive Director of the American Jazz Museum. Rashida Phillips began her work as Executive Director in January 2020. In her About Me statement on the American Jazz Museum website, Phillips notes, “I believe all the roads of my life’s journey have led me to the American Jazz Museum.”
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The lively conversation continues between Lord's Director Sean Stanwick and Ma. Elizabeth "Marilies” Gustilo, Senior Director of Arts and Culture at the Ayala Museum, Makati, Philippines.
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In this episode, find Lord's Director Sean Stanwick in insightful conversation with Ma. Elizabeth "Marilies” Gustilo, Senior Director of Arts and Culture at the Ayala Museum, Makati, Philippines.
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In this episode, Lord's Senior Practice Leader Kathleen Brown speaks with Jason Cryan and Sarah George, Executive Director and Chief Philanthropy Officer respectively of the Natural History Museum of Utah. As Executive Director, Jason Cryan helps shape the vision for the Museum and advocates for a highly skilled, creative, and dedicated staff.
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In this episode, Lord's Senior Practice Leader Javier Jiménez Fígares hosts a discussion with Pepe Serra Villalba, Director of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona.
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As part of the Bihar Museum Biennale 2021, this panel's discussions addressed the following: How are the museums of the day increasingly becoming platforms of dialogue and representation? To what extent are engagement-driven programs, workshops, and seminars helping museums open up lively conversations of relevance? Are we seeing an evolution of museum cultures towards becoming democratic platforms, and how?
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In this episode, Lord's Director Javier Jiménez Fígares speaks with María Lucia Alemán, Executive Director of MAC Panama (El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo/The Museum of Contemporary Art), Panama City.
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