Presenter(s)
Dr. Alexandra Greenwald, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Ethnography, Natural History Museum of Utah
Lisa Thompson, Exhibit Developer, Natural History Museum of Utah
Moderator
Casey Mink, Exhibit Developer, Natural History Museum of Utah
NHMU's team shares their collaborative approach to creating an exhibit on Indigenous basketry. This process, guided by co-curators nominated by their tribes, has strengthened NHMU's decolonization efforts and created a model for exhibit development, building on NHMU's history of relationship-building with Indigenous communities. We have witnessed strengthened relationships within and between co-curators, NHMU, and tribes. The group has a shared resolve to preserve and communicate Indigenous knowledge and share this model with the museum community.