[NHCOLL-L:5636] Exploring Museums, Food and Community

[Elizabeth Merritt]

Dear Colleagues,

I'd like to invite you to join colleagues in building a body of wisdom and practice regarding food & museums.

The symposium Feeding the Spirit: Museums, Food and Community will bring together people from museums and the worlds of food, health and food policy to share information and inspire museums to help their communities tackle food issues.

Speakers, panelists and participants will explore three themes:
* how museums can increase food literacy in their communities, to help people make informed choices about health and nutrition;
*how museums can bring their own food services into alignment with their values about health and sustainability while improving their own bottom line;
*how museums can use food to reach out to new audiences and strengthen their ties to their community.

The symposium will be participatory as well as informative, drawing on ideas and debate from attendees to help build a discussion & resource guide to share with the field.

The keynote lecture will be given by Jessica Harris, scholar, cook, author and historian of African American food traditions. Her most recent book is High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America. Panelists will include Jane Pickering, Associate Director, Yale Peabody Museum, who is currently working on an exhibit on "Big Food: Health, Culture and the Evolution of Eating" at the YPM (see a blog post on this project here http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/2011/08/big-food-health-culture-and-evolution.html)

When: Thursday, October 13 2011
Where: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA
How much: The symposium is co-sponsored by AAM, ACM, AAAM and APGA. Registration fee for members of any of these organizations is $40. Nonmember fee $140.

More information about the symposium, including a complete list of speakers and registration forms, available at:
http://www.futureofmuseums.org/events/lecture/2011symposium.cfm

Elizabeth Merritt
Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums
T: 202.218. 7661  |  F: 202.289.6578
American Association of Museums
1575 Eye Street N.W., Suite 400  |  Washington, DC 20005


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