Feb 3, 2019
This was posted online last year, but I never got round to posting it here.
Empowering Change: Towards a Definition of the Activist Museum
“The potential for activist museums lies in museums acknowledging and harnessing the role they play in shaping society. If museums can inspire action in their visitors to become more active citizens, more engaged in their communities, more involved in democracy at the local, regional and national level, more informed about how their everyday actions can affect real change and empowered to make change happen, the more relevant museums will be.”
You can read my full article on Museum-ID by clicking the link.
