4316 - Feeling Race and History: Connections to Race/Ethnicity through National Museums

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

This session will discuss perspectives from staff working to lead some of the nation’s foremost museums and their work to develop exhibits to "feel race/ethnicity" and history through museums. They will discuss how visitors to the museums interact with the exhibits and the emotions of people and their experiences.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Beverly M. Pratt, University of Maryland

Panelists

• Gabby Tayac, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

• Hassan Jaber, Smithsonian Arab American Museum

• Matthew Jaber Stiffler, Arab American National Museum

• Simon Weffer-Elizondo, Northern Illinois University

Discussant

• David G. Embrick, University of Connecticut