Set Expanded: Moving the Museum

The symposium will focus on the relevance of museums in a social context and the necessity of museum education. Theory and practice are intertwined.

The focus of this symposium is the social relevance of museums and the necessity of educational work within the museum. Theory and practice will be intertwined. In short sessions, partner museums will be invited to speak and offer ideas for opening up museums to society, show what educational spaces can look like and how a diversity-oriented practice can be designed. Workshops will provide insights into lab.Bode’s school projects: How can alternative narratives be developed? How can we establish critical anti-discrimination education and offer options for digital education? How do we implement outreach activities?

Additionally, projects by partner museums’ trainees can be seen in a digital gallery. Members of the Youth Committee of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will close out the session.

 

The Socially Purposeful Museum

 

Over the last two decades, the view of museums’ social function has changed. The fact that museums do not reflect society but actually help to shape and influence it is increasingly acknowledged in the international museum world. The responsibility and potential of the museum to engage in creating a more just and inclusive society will be the focus of the keynote by Richard Sandell and Suzanne MacLeod (University of Leicester).

 

The Social Opening of the Museum

 

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How does the museum change when it opens up to society? What happens when the museum investigates its collection in a global context? What possibilities does digital space offer for democratic participation?
Marion Ackermann (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden), Matthias Mühling (Lenbachhaus Munich) and Stefanie Dathe (Museum Ulm) will present their strategies and challenges.
Moderation: Tanja Schomaker (lab.Bode)

 

SPACES AND VISIBILITY in Museum Education

 

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What happens when the museum offers space for workshops, collaborative projects and artistic work? What kind of space can be created when participants’ experiential knowledge and personal stories become visible? Christine van Haaren and Thomas Köhler (Berlinische Galerie, Berlin), Lena Seik and Alexandra Friedrich (Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig) and Susanne Gesser (Historisches Museum Frankfurt) will discuss the use of space and visibility in museum education.
Moderation: Henrike Plegge (Kunsthochschule Mainz)

 

DIVERSITY AND CRITICAL ANTI-RACIST MUSEUM PRACTICE

 

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What practices do museum staff need to develop to adequately address the diversity of society? For whom and what do we need this? What can a critical anti-discrimination and decolonising museum practice look like in concrete terms?
Daniela Bystron and Lisa Marei Schmidt (Brücke-Museum, Berlin) as well as Diana Schuster and Sonja Hempel (Museum Ludwig, Cologne) will present their anti-racist and discrimination-critical projects and approaches.
Moderation: Katharina Bühler (lab.Bode)