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.

For three years, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Artes de México en Utah, and a community work group endeavored ot change the so-called "Mesoamerican" gallery. Through reciprocal learning and shared purpose, museum staff and community members-artists, advocates, educators, historians, and others connected to Mexico, Central & South America-created a dramatic reinstallation called "Transformación Cultural: Nuestro Pasado es Presente." This collaboration illuminates important possibilities for how an organization and community can work together.

Experience a casual showcase of innovations from across the museum field, offering you the chance to connect directly with the creators - federal agencies, associations, and inspired individuals alike. This year's roundtables include... 

Relationship Building: Do You Know Your Neighbor?
Presenters
Marina Gutierrez, Museum Education Coordinator, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Carolina Zataray, Senior Manager of Education and Public Engagement, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum