1st Edition

Museums and Racism

By Kylie Message Copyright 2018
146 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

146 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

146 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Racism is a hot topic in museums today, as well as an urgent social issue. Focused on the broad field of multicultural policy, Museums and Racism examines how the Immigration Museum in Melbourne, Australia, has responded to political culture and public debate around racism. Analysis focuses on the conceptualization of the Immigration Museum in the mid-1990s, and on the most recent permanent... Read more

Introduction: ‘It’s a summer of sequels. The culture wars are back. So is the civil rights movement’
1. Museums
2. Multiculturalism
3. Racism
Conclusion: ‘I feel like I belong when I am made to feel welcome’

Biography

Kylie Message is Associate Professor and Senior Fellow in the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University. She is the Series Editor of ‘Museums in Focus’.