Language Inclusion in Museums

Language Inclusion in Museums warmly invites readers to reimagine museums as vibrant multilingual spaces where every visitor has the potential to feel heard and valued. Drawing on personal experience, research, and real-world case studies, the authors, who know firsthand the transformative power of language inclusion, offer both inspiration and practical strategies. Whether you are just beginning to explore multilingual programming or looking to deepen existing initiatives, this book provides the insights, encouragement, and tools needed to help museums foster genuine belonging for all visitors. -- Laura Evans * PhD, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Director of the Art Museum Education Certificate at the University of North Texas * This groundbreaking work arrives at a pivotal moment in museum history. As Robledo-Allen Yamamoto, Robledo Yamamoto, and Perez astutely observe, museums have undergone a profound transformation--from institutions that once reinforced elite cultural hierarchies to spaces where diverse communities can engage in meaningful dialogue and shared meaning-making. Language Inclusion in Museums provides the essential roadmap for completing this transformation. Every choice about language is simultaneously a choice about inclusion and exclusion--what stories get told, what perspectives are centered, who our institutions are truly for, and who remains on the margins. -- Emily Krichbaum * Assistant Director of the National Women’s History Museum *