Non-university museums could follow this model by including community members and students on their boards. Partnerships with local organizations, colleges, and universities also offer a powerful mechanism for demystifying the work of the board and bringing the public into decision-making—showing that these stakeholders, rather than the objects in storage, are the museum’s true constituency.

Christina Olsen

Check Artnet’s ‘Museums Need to Be Braver. Here’s How College and University Art Galleries Can Offer the Sector at Large a Roadmap for Reinvention’, by Christina Olsen: https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/college-and-university-art-galleries-roadmap-for-reinvention-2148092

The Empathetic Museum. [@empatheticmuseum] (July 20, 2022). “Non-university museums could follow this model by including community members and students on their boards.” [Photography: Mark Gjukich]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/empatheticmuseum/p/CgP5bcjP5a4/