The EU-LAC museums project and community-based museums
Abstract
For four years, the EU-LAC Museums project researched community empowerment and state-of-the-art initiatives in museums and in Europe and LAC and then created new research prisms to foster good relations between these regions through shared histories and a common vision. Throughout this process, the consortium oscillated between pushing the boundaries of given museum definitions and trying to locate a working definition for the project. The term ‘community-based museums’ became key to this process, providing a cornerstone for bi-regional museological understanding. This chapter explores this collaborative process and presents the findings of our survey ‘What is a community museum in your region?’
Citation
Brown , K E , Claverie , M & Weil , K 2023 , The EU-LAC museums project and community-based museums . in K Brown , A Cummins & A S González Rueda (eds) , Communities and museums in the 21 st century : shared histories and climate action . ICOM advances in museum research , Routledge Taylor & Francis Group , Abingdon, Oxon , pp. 88-115 . https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003288138-7
Publication
Communities and museums in the 21st century
Status
Peer reviewed
Type
Book item
Description
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 693669. For further information, please visit https://www.eulacmuseums.net/.Collections
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