Much like public schools, public museums are often vexing institutions. But history shows that organizing and struggle works; museums can be moved toward openness and inclusion, as this indispensable and inspiring book details. Its authors declare, 'We must act before the cycle of forgetting begins again' and Transforming Inclusion in Museums makes that invitation irresistible.
— Therese Quinn, Professor and Director of Museum and Exhibition Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
The Incluseum, through the leadership of Porchia Moore, Rose Paquet, and Aletheia Wittman, has contributed immensely to building a vocabulary, a world view, and a guide to social justice work in the museum field. This book provides a reflection on and a documentation of this important work, including a much-needed history of museum social action in the last decade. Transforming Inclusion in Museums: The Power of Collaborative Inquiry should be on the bookshelves of all who wish to understand the evolution of inclusion as a concept as well as its power to change museums today and in the future.
— Gretchen Jennings, Museum Consultant
This highly engaging book draws on the authors’ richly nuanced body of collective knowledge and experience to offer up a critical and deep examination of the shifting concept of inclusion. Their insightful and expansive analysis reveals the urgent need for cultural institutions to go far beyond half-hearted, sometimes grudging and bolt-on, efforts to invite in new voices and experiences towards a radical remaking that tackles systemic and deep rooted cultures of inequity. As generous and compelling as it is challenging, this important book is essential reading for anyone interested in the social potentials and possibilities of the museum.
— Richard Sandell, co-director, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, University of Leicester
Transforming Inclusion in Museums is an essential guide with timely questions, insights, wisdom, and foundational teachings for the deep work needed to build more inclusive, equitable, and accessible cultural institutions.
— Amy Batiste, Founder and CEO, Creative Catalysts
Transforming Inclusion in Museums speaks directly to those who care about inclusion in the museum. The book’s pages are filled with resolve, energy, urgency and great deal more to inspire and equip us all to join the movement to transform museums.
— Nuala Morse, Lecturer in Museum Studies, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester