Costume Society of America Roundtable: Tackling Tokenism and Diversity in our Museum Collections
Resource type
Lecture
Creator (person)
Sklar, Monica
Way, Elizabeth
Lisby, Darnell-Jamal
Neill, Susan
Ripley, Georgina
Rogers, Sarah J
Date published
September 24, 2020
Abstract
Collecting and exhibiting fashion in Western museums has traditionally centered around wealthy, able-bodied, mainstream, Eurocentric ideals. Likewise, those working with costume collections have often fit this same mold. As we know, this is not representative of the diverse communities and cultures that these museums serve.
The panelists spoke about how they have addressed inclusion in their work—from education, gatekeeping, collection management, curatorial practice, employment, and more. They discussed the difficulties they have encountered and examined some examples of best practices within museums and costume collections
Event title
Costume Society of America Roundtable
Publisher
Costume Society of America
Place of publication
Columbus, USA
Rights statement
In Copyright
Additional information
Roundtable available via the official URL