Museum as Teaching Lab: Experiments in Inclusive Design

This event was recorded. Please view the lecture here.

During HUBweek (September 25–October 1), discover new experiments with design, technology, and access in art museum spaces.

Join designers, technologists, and museum innovators to discuss speculative work that addresses how art museums can expand ideas of inclusive design and access. Meet at the Harvard Art Museums to learn with scholars who are working toward new ways of looking, listening, and learning.

Speakers:

Sara Hendren
Assistant Professor of Design, Olin College of Engineering

Jim Olson
Director of Integrated Media, Peabody Essex Museum

Katherine Moriwaki
Assistant Professor of Media Design, Parsons School of Design

Rebecca McGinnis
Senior Museum Educator, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Carmen Papalia
Artist

The event is free, but registration is required. Register here.

The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level.

Support for the lecture is provided by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund, which was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.