Centering the Museum: Writings for the Post-Covid Age - Paperback

by Elaine Heumann Gurian (Author)

Drawing on Elaine Heumann Gurian's 50 years of museum experience, Centering the Museum, calls on the profession to help visitors experience their shared humanity and find social uses for public buildings, in order to make museums more central and useful to everyone in difficult times.

Author Biography

Elaine Heumann Gurian has worked in the museum field since 1968, first as a community activist, then a director of museum education, and subsequently a professional deputy director for institutions dedicated to social justice and during the process of transforming themselves to address and embrace formerly marginalized groups.