The Changing Museum
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Fri Jan 106:30PM - 8:30PMHonolulu Museum of ArtDoris Duke Theatre
The 21st-century museum is increasingly under scrutiny, and its very role and purpose in society is a subject of debate and reimagining. Dr. Vishakha Desai, a longtime museum director, the editor-author of the forthcoming Politics of Visual Arts in a Changing World, and Doris Duke Foundation Trustee; HoMA Director and CEO Dr. Halona Norton-Westbrook, who has a PhD in museology; and Rosina Potter, Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Contemporary, will be joined by Marques Hanalei Marzan, Cultural Advisor, The Wayne Pitluck and Judith Pyle Curator for Cultural Resilience, Bishop Museum to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the changing museum. Moderated by Ben Weitz, Executive Director, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design.