Timeline
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November 2020
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Departure of Standford's Cantor Arts Center's Director Susan Dackerman
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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Founding of Milwaukee Art Museum IAMAW United Lodge 66 Union
Staff, Unions
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Ithaka S+R Art Museum Director Survey 2020
Internal Strategy, Museum Directors, Staff
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October 2020
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Departure of PAFA (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art) President and CEO David Brigham
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Guggenheim's Deputy Director and Chief Curator Nancy Spector
Controversy, Departure, Staff
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September 2020
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Museum Workers from Portland Museum of Art in Portland petititon for a Union election
Staff, Unions
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Departure of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts's Director Nathalie Bondil
Departure, Staff
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July 2020
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Departure of MOCA Detroit's Director Elysia Borowy-Reeder
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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Marciano Foundation pays laid-off workers 10 weeks of severance as part of settlement
Staff, Unions
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Departure of Newfields Curator Kelli Morgan
Departure, Staff
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Departure of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Chief Curator Gary Garrels
Departure, Staff
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June 2020
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Op-ed: Kelli Morgan "To Bear Witness: Real Talk about White Supremacy in Art Museums Today"
Racism, Staff, White Supremacy
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SFMOMA Staffers Condemn ‘Racist Censorship’ and Institutional Inequities in Letter Calling for Change
Racism, Staff, White Supremacy
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Departure of MOCA Cleveland's Director Jill Snyder
Departure, Staff
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Public Letter: Andrea Montiel de Shuman "No longer in extremis."
Racism, Resignation, Staff, White Supremacy
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Departure of Norton Museum of Art Director Elliot Bostwick Davis
Departure, Staff
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Open letters from BIPOC staff and allies at SFMOMA, Guggenheim, Brooklyn, MFA Boston, etc.
Open letter, Racism, Staff
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Launch of Change The Museum (@changethemuseum Instagram account)
Racism, Staff, White Supremacy
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Founding of Cultural New Deal
Racism, Staff
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Founding of A Better Guggenheim
Equity, Staff
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May 2020
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Departure of Parrish Art Museum's Director Terrie Sultan
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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Departure of Telfair Museum's Director Robin Nicholson
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Akron Art Museum Director Mark Masuoka
Departure, Discrimination, Harassment, Staff
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Launch of Museum Workers Relief Fund
Staff
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April 2020
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Indebted Cultural Workers Share Spreadsheet Highlighting Major Income Disparities at Cultural Institutions
Equity, Staff
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"Artists, Scholars, and Museum Workers Petition Museums to Retain Staff During Pandemic"
Equity, Staff
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US Museums allowed to use restricted funds for operational costs
Deaccessioning, Museum Collections, Staff
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Museum Endowments are reassessed after closures and layoffs
Equity, Staff
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Founding of Indebted Cultural Workers
Equity, Staff
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March 2020
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"A Daily Report on How COVID-19 Is Impacting the Art World"
Equity, Staff
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February 2020
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Departure of Cooper Hewitt's Director Caroline Baumann
Departure, Staff
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