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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

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One that has found remarkable success is California’s Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. She says that the museum made changes in hiring and board recruitment practices, and invited the community in to help reshape the facility into a place that reflected and represented its people and their interests. The impact was dramatic.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

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These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. We exist for people who live in Santa Cruz County.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

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Summertime concerts at the history museum? When I reflected on our museum, I realized we have some inconsistencies in how we calculate attendance. We also focused this year on working with the countywide adult education agency to start an intergenerational science program at three senior centers throughout St. Louis count it.