Museums Advancing Racial Justice
Thank you to our 2024 Museums Advancing Racial Justice convening participants! Mini-grant application information and convening resources are now available.
About the Convening
As gathering places for conversation and exploration within our communities, museums are an important part of America’s cultural fabric. As part of its Our Shared Future: Reckoning with our Racial Past initiative, the Smithsonian Institution partnered with the Science Museum of Minnesota to host and facilitate Museums Advancing Racial Justice, a three-day convening for professionals in the museum and cultural institution community. At the Science Museum of Minnesota in downtown St. Paul from April 15-17, 2024, the convening gathered professionals from across the country who were committed to the advancement of racial justice.
Further Information
Check out frequently asked questions about the convening.
Want to learn more? Discover how this project was conceptualized, as well as the people who made it possible.
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Convening Mini-Grants
Institutions who attended the convening are eligible to receive a mini-grant up to $10,000 for the purpose of supporting the implementation of one of initiatives or projects they started at the convening. To apply for a mini-grant, please email your responses to the mini-grant questions and a completed budget to marj@smm.org.
We hope the seeds planted at this year’s convening have been germinating into growing projects and initiatives. Our convening resources are intended to serve as functional tools to help you bring these thoughtful ideas into action.
Photos
Thank you to ZM Photography and Ruby Elizondo Photo for artfully capturing the energy of the event. Relive your favorite moments through the event photo gallery.
Workshop recordings
Based on the interactive nature of many of the sessions and requests from some session presenters, the entirety of each session may not have been recorded.
