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Girl Museum, Inc. (Girl Museum) is a virtual museum that documents and interprets the history of girls and girlhood globally and cross-culturally. Organized as a 501(c)(3) in the United States, the museum is the first in the world dedicated to girls’ history and culture and is available entirely online at http://www.girlmuseum.org CreationFounded by Ashley E. Remer in March 2009, Girl Museum was envisioned as a safe online space where girls’ history could be documented, preserved and presented to the public free from the constraints of typical museum operations. Ashley, an art historian and former museum employee, was influenced by the perceived lack of girls’ representation and voices in museums. As she stated in a 2014 interview with TYCI:.[1] “Academically I had research interests about women artists and women in art history and always sought out this work when visiting museums and galleries. But in all my travels, it became evident that a dialogue, or even a monologue, about girls in art didn’t seem to exist,” says Ashley Remer, Girl Museum’s founder, an art historian and art critic. “I searched the globe virtually to see if anyone was talking about representations of girls in this way, but I found nothing. So I with the magical tool of the Internet, I founded a non-profit called Girl Museum.” Using an aggregate of blogs, online exhibitions, educational guides, reviews and collaborative projects, the site explores girls in art, history, and popular culture. Many projects also reflect shifting social ideals over time, in order to showcase how the female experience has changed throughout time and culture. They also invite contributors - including artists, museums, and nonprofits - to collaborate on projects in order to represent the female point of view without typical academic interpretation. Girl Museum also works to raise awareness of the current challenges faced by girls globally and of the organisations established to fight these inequalities. Part of their goal is to be a safe, online space where girls are encouraged to live safe, healthy, happy lives. OrganizationGirl Museum is a registered 501(c)(3) in the United States. It is entirely volunteer-run and consists of a board of directors, an advisory team, a group of core volunteers, and interns. The museum’s operations are divided into departments, including Curatorial, Development, Education, Marketing, and Web Design. The museum is overseen by a Board of Directors. Each member of the board serves indefinite terms until they resign or are removed in accordance with the provisions of the museum’s bylaws. The museum also has an Advisory Board, comprised of academics, activists, and others who are consulted in the creation of new programs, live events, and for subject matter expertise. In 2010, Girl Museum expanded to include external interns and volunteers. These opportunities became the cornerstone of Girl Museum’s operations and expansion, enabling the creation of many unique virtual projects that showcase the research interests of the staff. Previous volunteers have come from a range of countries and backgrounds, including the USA, Europe, and Asia. MissionGirl Museum’s mission has two primary objectives. First, the museum is a virtual institution for the research, preservation, and presentation of girl culture across time and around the world. Second, through their programs and social media channels, the museum builds a community of passionate and creative individuals dedicated to advancing girls’ rights and increasing awareness of girls’ importance in history and culture. Girl Museum achieves its mission primarily through the production of online educational exhibitions and collaborative projects. They also maintain an active social media presence and blog. At times, the museum has presented live events to celebrate exhibition launches or raise awareness of local issues affecting girls. Exhibitions and ProgramsGirl Museum produces virtual exhibitions centered around four themes: Girlhood in Art explores paintings, drawings, sculpture, and other forms of visual art. Art of Girlhood uses the intangible, ephemeral, and material culture of girlhood, such as songs, toys, clothing, audio, and video. Girls in the World focuses on contemporary social issues and their origins. GirlSpeak is produced by community collaborators and Junior Girl Curators, and includes their bi-annual Heroines Quilt of notable women in history. Exhibitions range from artist-led explorations of girlhood to historical and pop culture-focused explorations on specific topics. The museum’s approach to curatorial work is to source content directly from the communities and scholars in which it resides. Many projects are contributor-led, featuring the stories of historical and modern girls as told directly by the girls - or the scholars who know them. Some exhibitions are produced in collaboration with other museums and nonprofits, such as Girl for Sale, which was co-produced by the American Poetry Museum. This partnership was featured on a CNN iReport[2]. Still others invite public contributions, soliciting a range of image, audio, video, and narrative sources to provide diverse viewpoints on a topic. One such exhibition is the 2015 exhibit, Surfer Girl, which was featured on GO GIRL Global’s website[3] Most of the museum’s exhibitions are accompanied by Educational Guides. These guides are aligned to US and UK educational standards, with the goal of enabling teachers and parents to bring girls’ history into the classroom and home studies. The museum also encourages students to submit to participatory projects, many of which are related to specific exhibitions. Girl Museum also participates in conferences on women’s history and museums. In 2011, the museum participated in the “Colonial Girlhood/Colonial Girls” conference, where Ashley Remer discussed their exhibition, “Home and Away: Girls of the British Empire.” The museum also authored a scholarly reflection piece for rhizomes[4], a cultural studies journal. In 2014, Girl Museum began producing the GirlSpeak podcast series. The episodes focused on a range of girls’ historical topics, hoping to make the museum’s material more accessible to diverse audiences. Girl Museum founder Ashley Remer was also featured in the #HerStory podcast[5], where she discussed the works of August Savage. Occasionally, the museum hosts pop-up events to raise local awareness about girls’ culture and rights. In October of 2013, the museum partnered with the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa to host a screening of Girl Rising.The event featured discussions on the film and representations of girls in museums. As Ashley stated in an interview with Girl Rising[6], “We want to start a dialogue about how girls are represented.If we only ever see girls as pretty little things to marry off, then education is not seen as important.” Other pop up events included the live webcast with Ladies of the Roundtable to talk about the role of girls in the gaming industry. Additionally, Girl Museum has initiated an online database called the Girl Culture Archive. The entries will be sourced from other museums, nonprofits, and the public in order to gather cultural information from around the world. The goal of the project is a searchable archive that researchers, scholars, teachers, and students can utilize to find specific information on girls’ history and utilize that information in their projects. Cateogry:MuseumsCateogry:Online MuseumsCateogry:Women’s museumsCateogry:Museums established 2009Cateogry:2009 establishments in the USAReferences1. ^ 2. ^ 3. ^website 4. ^ 5. ^[https://herstorypodcast.org/2014/04/06/herstory-36-augusta-savage-by-ashley-remer/] 6. ^ |
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