Episode 9: Museums can do antiracism work, too

Erin Richardson, PhD, Founder & Principal, Frank & Glory
 
Aria and Erin go old school in this episode, talking about how they met, the graduate school they went to, how museums can evolve and what it means to be conscious of the space we take up.  
 
Erin has been working in museums since 1992. She’s witty, fun, smart, ethical, and deadly serious about museum collections as educational and cultural assets with high opportunity costs.
It is not free to keep an artifact, artwork, manuscript, or publication forever. She challenges museums and libraries to think carefully about investing resources in collections that are relevant
for, and representative of, their current and future audiences so that they may support the museum’s mission.
 
Links and resources mentioned: 

Frank and Glory: https://www.frankandglory.com/ 
Center for Brooklyn History: https://www.brooklynhistory.org/projects/muslims-in-brooklyn/
 
Keywords: museums, collections, deaccession, education, racism, cultural assets, anti-racism