This is not the usual Blast from the past or Museum Monday Adventure. This Museum Monday features Ms.Traka Lopez. I sat down with Traka to chat about the current museum culture and how she navigates it as an Afro-Latino Woman.
Museums have made progress with creating more diverse, relevant and inclusive exhibits, but a few exhibitions like Mining the Museum were exhibited during a time of high omission and high elitism, and I wish I could have experienced them all!
How cool would it be if we could travel back in time to get the smartest, wittiest people from History to help get us back on track as a society? After binge-watching Back to the Future, I did just that!
Being a cognizant and empathetic person, I am highly affected by the recent events and cannot turn a blind eye to what's going on around me. Who knew that visiting a museum during the age of COVID-19 was just what I needed to find the motivation for this Museum's Monday blog post.
Conferences, networking, and hosting are words that make introverts like myself cringe, but with the right prep and recharging techniques, you can be the Museum advocate that's needed.
