'Let our histories be visible': Human rights museology and the National Museum of Australia's Inside: Life in Children's Homes and Institutions

Publication Resource Details

In
reCollections
Author
Chynoweth, Adele
Publication Date
2012
Publisher
National Museum Australia
Volume
7
Number
1
URL
http://recollections.nma.gov.au/issues/volume_7_number_1/commentary/let_our_histories_be_visible
Description
'Let our histories be visible' is an article by Adele Chynoweth, curator of the Inside: Life in Children's Homes and Institutions exhibition. In this article, Adele talks about the challenges that museums face in holding exhibitions that relate recent, traumatic history. She advocates for a 'human rights' approach to museum programs so that the exhibitions that are held 'directly improve the lives' of people who interact with them. The 'Inside' exhibition, she argues, would have benefited by welcoming ongoing engagement with people who were in out of home care as children.

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