Center for Museum Studies

Museums for the New Millennium:

Proceedings

THURSDAY, SEPT. 5

6:00 pm
Arts and Industries Building

Opening Reception

Welcome
J. Dennis O'Connor

Provost, Smithsonian Institution

Remarks
W. Richard West, Jr.
Director, National Museum of the American Indian

Steven C. Newsome
Director, Anacostia Museum and
Center for African-American History and Culture

Moderator
Rex M. Ellis
Director, Center for Museum Studies

FRIDAY, SEPT. 6

9:00
Session I:
S. Dillon Ripley Center Lecture Hall

External factors affecting organizations

New Forms of Access: Museums and their Publics
I. Michael Heyman, Secretary
Smithsonian Institution

Anticipating Change: The World in 2025 and its Impact on Museums
Jennifer Jarratt
Coates & Jarratt, Inc.
Washington, DC

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Richard Kurin
Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies

10:30

The Changing Public Expectations of Museums
Harold K. Skramstad, Jr.
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Dearborn, Michigan

Responding to Community Forces: The Japanese-American National Museum
Irene Y. Hirano
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, CA

Moderator Miguel A. Bretos
Latino Affairs, Smithsonian Institution

Session II
S. Dillon Ripley Center Lecture Hall

Focus - The purposes of museums in a changing environment
2:00 pm

"Is my mother safe?" John Edgar Wideman, Homewood, and Culture:
Ellsworth H. Brown
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Moderator Rex Ellis
Center for Museum Studies
Smithsonian Institution

3:00
Small Group Discussion sessions
Discussion questions and group leaders:

Question #1 - What will be the purposes of museums in the next decade?

Discussion Group Leaders

Gordon L. Pullar
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Anchorage, Alaska
and
Douglas E. Evelyn
National Museum of the American Indian

Diane B. Frankel
Institute of Museum Services
Washington, D.C.
and
Stephen E. Weil
Center for Museum Studies

Tom Hill
Woodland Cultural Center
Brantford, Ontario Canada and

Portia James
Anacostia Museum

Question 2 - What do museums do now that is too important to be lost?

Discussion Group Leaders

Maarten T. Frankenhuis
"Natura Artis Magistra"
Amsterdam Zoo
Amsterdam, Netherlands
and
Michael H. Robinson
National Zoological Park

Carmen Ruiz-Fischler
Museo de Arte de Ponce
Ponce, Puerto Rico
and
Cynthia Adams Hoover
National Museum of American History

Betsy Bennett
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, NC
and
David L. Pawson
National Museum of Natural History

Question #3 - What are the core conflicts challenging museums?

Discussion Group Leaders

Ron A. Chew
Wing Luke Asian Museum
Seattle, WA.
and
Mary Jo Arnoldi
National Museum of Natural History

Robert R. Archibald
Missouri Historical Society
St. Louis, MO
and
Neil G. Kotler
Smithsonian Institution

Alissandra Cummins
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
St. Ann's Garrison, St. Michael, Barbados
and
Francine C. Berkowitz
International Center

4:15
Town Meeting
Moderator Rex M. Ellis

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Saturday, September 7

Session III

S. Dillon Ripley Center

Focus - Transforming the internal structure of museums

9:00

Don't Lose Your Nerve: Museums and Organizational Change
Robert R. Janes
Glenbow Museum, Art Gallery, Archives and Libraries
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Moderator Spencer R. Crew
National Museum of American History

10:30

Evolution and International Perspectives - Into the Future

Saroj Ghose National Council of Science Museums
Calcutta, India
Maria de Lourdes Horta Museu Imperial
Petropolis, Brazil
Bernice Murphy Museum of Contemporary Art
Sydney, Australia
Hector Rivero Borrell Museo Franz Mayer
Mexico City, Mexico
Nikolay A. Nickishin Russian Institute for Cultural Research
Moscow, Russia
Moderator Peggy A. LoarThe Wolfsonian
Miami Beach, FL and Genoa, Italy

Some reflections on the Board of Regents since its first meeting on September 7, 1846

Jeannine Smith Clark Regent Emeritus
Host, Alan Fern National Portrait Gallery

Technology Showcase (many pictures)

Session IV
S. Dillon Ripley Center
New tools to help museums perform their work

3:30
S. Dillon Ripley Center Lecture Hall

The Future of Museums - Asking the Right Questions

Bran Ferren
Technology and Research & Development
Walt Disney Imagineering, Los Angeles, CA

Museum Education 2000 Dr. Elizabeth Broun
National Museum of American Art

Moderator David K. Allison
National Museum of American History

Closing Remarks
Richard Kurin
Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies

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