Caroline Loewen, Project Lead
Reconsidering Museums Project
Site visits
are an important part of the Alberta Museums Association (AMA)’s work. Whether
to offer a course, provide in-person advisory services, attend an exhibit
opening, or simply connect, site visits bring a human touch to the AMA’s
programs and services. Unfortunately, the pandemic-related public health
restrictions of the last two years meant we had to scale back our in-person visits
to Alberta’s museums. The lifting of restrictions, and many museums reopening
just in time for spring, presented an opportunity to get back on the road and
start reconnecting. Over the course of two weeks in March, Jennifer Forsyth, Lauren Wheeler,
and I travelled around Alberta
visiting the six museums taking part in the Reconsidering Museums
project as pilot sites. Here are some of the highlights of the trips and a look
at the diversity of museums across Alberta.
