Museum Innovation: Building More Equitable, Relevant and Impactful Museums

Museum Innovation encourages museums to reflect on their practices and adopt new approaches to their civic responsibilities, focusing on social innovation and addressing contemporary social issues. The book includes contributions from international scholars and practitioners and investigates the innovative approaches museums are taking to address issues such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, diversity and inclusion, and the repatriation of museum collections. It also explores the impact of organizational structures on museums' aspirations to act as agents for social change and proposes steps for museums to affirm their relevance as viable community partners.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 274 pages
Publication date: 19 July 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Museum Innovation is a groundbreaking book that encourages museums to critically reflect upon their current practices and adopt new approaches to their civic responsibilities. Arguing that museums have a moral duty to perform, the book showcases how social innovation can transform them into more equitable, relevant, and impactful institutions.

Featuring contributions from a diverse group of international scholars, practitioners, and researchers, the book delves into the innovative strategies museums are taking to address contemporary social issues. The volume specifically focuses on the concept of social innovation, with individual chapters exploring a wide range of critical topics, including climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, diversity and inclusion, the travel ban, and the repatriation of museum collections.

By examining the impact that organizational structures have on museums' aspirations to act as agents for social change, the book also unpacks how museums can establish sustainable relationships with minority communities. Proposing steps that museums can take to affirm their relevance as viable community partners, the book breaks down silos and connects ideas across different areas of museum work.

Museum Innovation explores the role of contemporary museums in society, making it an essential reading for academics, students, and practitioners working in the museum and heritage studies field. Its interdisciplinary nature also makes it an interesting read for those working in business studies, digital humanities, visual culture, arts administration, and political science fields.

Weight: 426g
Dimension: 155 x 233 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367481391