Experiential Workshop: What Does It Mean To be a Community Museum?

AAM Conference Session: Staff and partners of The Peale will discuss the organization’s recent relaunch as Baltimore’s Community Museum, asking what it means to play this role in the current local and national cultural ecosystem. We’ll highlight what we think makes a community museum distinct from other kinds of museums, and also what learnings, approaches, practices from The Peale’s experience as a community museum might be adopted by museums of all kinds to increase engagement, relevance, and belonging for their communities. Topics will include The Peale’s shared leadership structure, Lab, workforce development program in exhibition preparation and the historic preservation trades, Community Activation Team (CAT), and examples of community-driven programming. Participants will hear from community partners who have produced recent programs at The Peale, and will be able to visit the current exhibitions* at The Peale. Everyone will also be invited to share their community museum experiences and insights, and enjoy refreshments along with the conversation.

Light refreshments will immediately follow.

Speakers include:
Krista Green, Executive Director/ Mount Clare Museum and Program Officer at The Peale
Nancy Proctor, Peale Chief Strategy Officer
Shauntee Daniels, Executive Director, Baltimore National Heritage Area
Cheryl K. Fogle-Hatch, Archaeologist and Principal of Museum Senses