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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Balitmore Museum of Art suspends deaccession plan
Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections
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Departure of PAFA (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art) President and CEO David Brigham
Departure, Staff
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Founding of Black Trustee Alliance
Boards / Trustees, Museum Advocacy, Museum Boards
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Baltimore Museum of Art Curators address deaccession plan
Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections
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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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Philip Guston exhibition postponed
Controversy, Museum
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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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Launch of Change The Museum (@changethemuseum Instagram account)
Racism, Staff, White Supremacy
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Founding of A Better Guggenheim
Equity, 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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Founding of Cultural New Deal
Racism, 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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Murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis
Broader Culture, Racism
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Departure of Akron Art Museum Director Mark Masuoka
Departure, Discrimination, Harassment, Staff
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Departure of Telfair Museum's Director Robin Nicholson
Departure, 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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Murder of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky
Broader Culture, Racism
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"A Daily Report on How COVID-19 Is Impacting the Art World"
Equity, Staff
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COVID-19 pandemic begins in the US
Broader Culture
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February 2020
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Departure of Cooper Hewitt's Director Caroline Baumann
Departure, Staff
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Murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia
Broader Culture, Racism
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January 2020
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Report: CCLI National Landscape Study: The State of DEAI Practices in Museums
Diversity, Equity, Museums
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December 2017
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Departure of Jewish Museum's Curator Jens Hoffmann
Departure, Staff
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November 2017
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Departure of Artforum Publisher Knight Landesman
Departure, Harassment
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Departure of Walker Art Center's Executive Director Olga Viso
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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October 2017
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Petition: We are not surprised
Sexism, Workplace Harrassment
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Departure of Stedelijk Museum's Director Beatrix Ruf
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Aldrich Museum's Executive Director Alyson Baker
Departure, Staff
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September 2017
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Departure of MoMA Deputy Director Kathy Halbreich
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Carnegie Museum of Art's Director Lynn Zelevansky
Departure, Staff
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August 2017
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Founding of Museums Are Not Neutral
White Supremacy
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February 2017
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Departure of Metropolitan Museum’s Director Thomas P. Campbell
Departure, Staff
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ANTI-TRUMP PROTEST ERUPTS INSIDE MOMA
Artist-Driven Activism
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January 2017
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MeToo movement spreads virally as hashtag on social media
Broader Culture, Sexism
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Founding of J20 Art Strike: an invitation to cultural institutions
Museums, Protest
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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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Founding of Museums & Race: 2016 Convening | Reflecting on Museums & Race: Transformation and Justice
Diversity, Equity, Race
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Publication of Vision and Justice: Aperture 223
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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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