Museums: The Big Issues

Carol A. Scott
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A new podcast exploring the biggest questions facing museums today—and the ideas shaping their future. Each week, I speak with one of the world's leading museum thinkers, directors and innovators. Together, we tackle one big issue. Not with easy answers. But with honest conversations. Fresh thinking. And practical ideas.

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    Museum leadership in an age of disruption

    What does it mean to lead a museum when uncertainty is no longer a crisis to navigate but the condition in which we work? In this conversation with Lonnie Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C , we explore how museum leadership is evolving—from authority to partnership, from certainty to courage, and from institutional control to shared stewardship—asking what today's leaders must do to earn public trust and shape the legacy future generations will inherit. Show notes: Bunch, Lonnie G., III. 2021. "Foreword." In Stemming the Tide: Global Strategies for Sustaining Cultural Heritage through Climate Change. Rushfield, Rebecca A., editor. v–vi. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In A Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge, 54. (https://doi.org/10.5479/si.14750727.v1) 2021 Bunch, Lonnie G. III. 2019. Bunch, L. (n.d.). A Fool’s Errand: creating the National Museum of African History and Culture in the era of Bush, Obama and Trump. Smithsonian Books, Washington, D.C. Bunch, Lonnie G., III. 2017. "The National Museum of African American History and Culture: The Vision." Journal of Museum Education, 42, (1) 8–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10598650.2016.1265850. 2017 Bunch, Lonnie. 2007. "Embracing Ambiguity: The Challenge of Interpreting African American History in Museums." Museums & Social Issues, 2, (1) 45–56. https://doi.org/10.1179/msi.2007.2.1.45. 2007   I'm Carol Scott (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-ann-scott-33a6061a/) and thank you for listening to this episode of Museums, The Big Issues. Join me next Wednesday as we continue to explore the big issues and the big ideas with the people helping to shape the future of museums.

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A new podcast exploring the biggest questions facing museums today—and the ideas shaping their future. Each week, I speak with one of the world's leading museum thinkers, directors and innovators. Together, we tackle one big issue. Not with easy answers. But with honest conversations. Fresh thinking. And practical ideas.

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    Carol A. Scott
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