Timeline
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February 2024
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After three weeks, MASS MoCA strike ends as union workers, management agree to two-year contract
Strike, Unions
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MoMA PS1 Workers Urge Director Connie Butler to “Settle a Fair Contract”
Museum Directors, Unions
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Minneapolis Institute of Art Staffers Allege Toxic Work Environment
Protest, Staff, Unions
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Adrienne Edwards Appointed Senior Curator and Associate Director of Curatorial Programming at the Whitney Museum
Staff
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Marilyn Jackson Named the New President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums
Leadership, Museum Directors
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Oakland Museum Union Announced Amid a National Wave of Museum Organizing
Unions
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Portland Museum of Art to Cut 13 Positions, Citing Pandemic Fallout
Staff
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Workers Announce Union Campaign
Unions
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Protesters Take to MoMA, Demanding Museum Drop Its Board Chair
Boards / Trustees, Free Palestine Movement, Protest
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MoMA Promotes Michelle Kuo to Chief Curator at Large and Publisher
Staff
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Anti-Zionist Protesters Crash Event at NYC’s Jewish Museum
Free Palestine Movement, Protest
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Open Letter: MoMA Employees Regarding the Ongoing Crisis in Palestine
Free Palestine Movement, Open letter
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ArtTable Survey Sheds Light on Hardships Faced by Arts Workers of Color
Data, Racial Injustice, Survey
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Newfields' handling of CEO's exit is 'an unforced error' eroding public trust, experts say
Departure, Museum Directors
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Ongoing Dispute Over Contract Enforcement at PMA
Pay / Compensation, Unions
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December 2016
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Steve Mnuchin Resigns as MOCA Board Member
Boards / Trustees
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October 2016
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Decolonize This Place staged the first of four Anti-Columbus Day actions at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Artist-Driven Activism
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Founding of MASS Action
Museums, Staff
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September 2016
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Opening of National Museum of African American History and Culture
Museums
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May 2016
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Founding of Decolonize This Place
Movement, Protest, White Supremacy
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February 2016
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Publication of Vision and Justice: Aperture 223
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Founding of Museums & Race: 2016 Convening | Reflecting on Museums & Race: Transformation and Justice
Diversity, Equity, Race
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January 2016
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Founding of BIPOC Project
Racial Justice
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Dakota Access Pipeline & Standing Rock protests
Indigenous Rights, Protest
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December 2014
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Joint statement from museum bloggers & colleagues on Ferguson & related events
Museum Advocacy
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#museumsrespondtoferguson coined by Aleia Brown and Adrianne Russell
Museum Advocacy
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August 2014
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Murder of Michael Brown and subsequent nationwide wide protests in Ferguson, Missouri
Racial Injustice
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