#museumsrespondtoferguson

The recent series of events, from Ferguson to Cleveland and New York, have created a watershed moment. Things must change. New laws and policies will help, but any movement toward greater cultural and racial understanding and communication must be supported by our country’s cultural and educational infrastructure. Museums are a part of this educational and cultural network. What should be our role(s)? –excerpt, “Joint Statement From Museum Bloggers & Colleagues on Ferguson & Related Events“

This page archives resources and museum-centric responses to current protest movements in the U.S. against police brutality, extrajudicial killings of black people, anti-blackness, and racial injustice. Follow and join the conversation on Twitter via #museumsrespondtoferguson.

Aleia Brown and I co-host #museumsrepondtoferguson chats the third Wednesday of each month 7-8PM CST/8-9PM EST. 

Resources

• Black Lives Matter
• #Ferguson (August 9th – August 11th #Ferguson Coverage on Twitter)
• Unmasking ‘racial micro agressions’
• American Alliance of Museums Diversity and Inclusion Policy
• Social Justice Alliance for Museums
• White Supremacy is the real culprit in Ferguson. The excuses just prove it
• 5 Tips for Being An Ally
• “A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement”
• Ferguson Must Force Us to Face Anti-Blackness
• Teaching #Ferguson: Connecting with Resources
• How your space, band, or label can support Ferguson action right now
• How to Teach Kids About What’s Happening in Ferguson
• Seven Ways to Make the Museum System a Better Place for People of Color
• The Making of Ferguson
• Segregation’s Long Shadow
• Documenting Ferguson
• Museum excavates burned Dellwood business for artifacts from Ferguson unrest
• Ferguson National Response Network
• St. Louis Students in Solidarity
• #BlackLivesMatters Founders: Please Stop Co-opting Our Hashtag
• Public History Resources on Ferguson
• Thinking and Teaching the “Baltimore Riots”
• Why Museums Should Be a Safe Space to Discuss Why #BlackLivesMatter

#museumsrespondtoferguson

• Storify: #Museumsrespondtoferguson (2/18/15)
• Storify: #Museumsrespondtoferguson (1/21/15)
• Storify: #Museumsrespondtoferguson (12/17/14)
• #museumsrespondtoFerguson Pinterest page

Responses from museum professionals, affiliated colleagues

• Joint Statement From Museum Bloggers & Colleagues on Ferguson & Related Events
• Museums and #BlackLivesMatter
• Towards an anti-oppression museum manifesto
• On the Front Line, or in the Back Room?
• Ferguson, Art, and Tragedy
• Should museums respond to the grand jury verdicts in Ferguson and New York City?
• Responding to the Events in Ferguson and Beyond: The Northwest African American Museum’s Example
• Revisiting Nice + Necessary in the Context of Ferguson
• #Ferguson, #FirstAmendment
• Following Up on Ferguson
• How Every Museum Can Respond to Ferguson
• Issue: Museums and Social Change
• What is an Ethical Museum?
• Another Case for Museums As Public Forums
• The Media Needs a History Lesson When Addressing Civic Unrest, Says the Director of the African American History Museum

Responses from museums, museum-affiliated organizations, galleries

• Statement from Sam Black, President, Association of African American Museums Board of Directors
• Remarks by Association for the Study of African American Life and History after grand jury decisions in Ferguson, MO and New York City, NY
• Statement from New England Museum Association
• Statement from Melanie Adams, President, Association of Midwest Museums
• Statement from American Association for State and Local History
• Brooklyn Gallery Responds to Police Brutality with Open Call
• Video: Conflict in Ferguson via The Newseum
• Ferguson, Missouri…What’s Next? via National Civil Rights Museum
• Video: Ferguson, Missouri, America where do we go from here? via Missouri History Museum
• Video: From Brown to Ferguson: The Unfinished Business of Civil Rights via Missouri History Museum
• Statement Regarding the Ferguson and Staten Island Events via Center for Civil and Human Rights
• USDAC Call: Creativity for Equity and Justice