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“Museums, what for?”, the one million dollar question!

This conference took place over two days at the Museu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow) in Rio de Janeiro, in November 2016.

I’m not sure we really got an answer to this big question, but I had the honour to introduce the keynote speaker from Tate, Rob Baker.

Rob’s presentation about “The museum, brand and society” is really worth checking out. He has now moved on to MoMA in New York.

Other highlights:

• Dr. Richard Benjamin – International Slavery Museum, Liverpool

• Janaína Melo – Escolha do Olhar, Museu do Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro

• Victoria Pinnington – Horniman Museum & Gardens, London

• Jonathan Newby – Science Museum, UK (to diversify sources of revenue, the Science Museum Group owns a solar farm!)

• Raquel Novais – Inhotim, Brazil