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Museums Challenge 2020
February 17, 2020
Free
In 2000, the University of Florida established a graduate program in museum studies. In the last twenty years, museums and museum professions have undergone critical transformations.
The UF Museum Studies program states: “We believe museums can change the world.” Thus, the program centers the transformational power of museums. This interdisciplinary symposium will examine the history and future of museums and museum professionals challenging ideas and practices in order to shape transformational knowledge and experiences.
This symposium celebrates the work of museums, Museum Studies, and our communities over the past twenty years. In doing so, this program looks to the future as we work together for a more just and equitable world.
This year’s conference will feature four keynote speakers: Kaywin Feldman (Director of the National Gallery of Art), Joanne Jones-Rizzi (Science Museum of Minnesota), Sean Kelley (Eastern State), and Laura Lott (American Alliance of Museums).
Sponsored by UF College of the Arts, School of Art + Art History, Florida Museum, Smathers Libraries, College of Design Construction and Planning, HESCAH, and the UF Mellon Instersections Group on Mass Incarceration.
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