History Museum Directors on the Past, Present, and Future of History Museums: A Roundtable Discussion
Friday, January 3, 2014: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Warner Bros. Theater (Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History)
Chair:
Stephen Aron, University of California, Los Angeles and Autry National Center of the American West
Speakers:
John Gray, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Joan Marshall, Bullock Texas State History Museum
Lonnie Bunch, Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
Kevin Gover, Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Louise Mirrer, New-York Historical Society
The directors of several of the nation’s foremost history museums will discuss the changes that their institutions have undergone and the challenges they face. The session will also examine the role that historians have played and might play in the work of these museums.