Museums and Their Communities: Negotiating Preservation, Interpretation and Relevance
Sponsored by Berman Museum of Art and The Speaker’s House
| When | March 19, 2008 - March 19, 2008 7 pm |
| Where | Berman Museum of Art Ursinus College campus, 601 Main Street Collegeville, Pennsylvania |
| For More Information | Allison Weiss, Exec. Dir., The Speaker’s House (610) 489-2105 allison.weiss@speakershouse.org www.speakershouse.org |
FREE. All welcome.
In order for a 21st century museum to be sustainable, it must be able to mobilize support from a variety of stakeholders. As public institutions, museums represent cultural, intellectual, educational, social and economic assets for their communities, and have an obligation to be in service to and remain relevant to their communities. Their success depends on their ability to negotiate the ground between “behind the scenes” and “front of the house” activities: preservation and interpretation of the resources they hold in the public’s trust.
Join us for a forum, Museums and Their Communities: Negotiating Preservation, Interpretation and Relevance, as we examine these issues using The Speaker’s House as a case study. How does a group of preservationists engage the community in order to create a museum that is relevant and sustainable, while remaining true to their mission of preservation?
