CONVERSATIONS ON MUSEUMS Ethnically-specific Museums in the Bay Area Landscape August 5, 2007

Curators and directors from the Asian Art Museum, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, the Magnes, the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Mexican Museum, and the African American Museum and Library in Oakland will be invited to address questions such as: How do museums with cultural collections develop exhibitions and programs of universal significance? What is the appropriate balance between art and history when engaging wider audiences? How does the concept of sacred/secular space inform new building projects?

$12 non-members; $10 members.

Official Website: http://www.magnes.org