It's a challenging time for most museums. Not only were they forced to close for months during the pandemic, but activists are calling on on them to rethink everything from the diversity of their staff, to who they take large donations from, to what they put on the walls. Now a new book from the former president and executive director of the Queens Museum examines what the future of these institutions should be.
Laura Raicovich is the author of the new book, “Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest.” She joined WNYC's Sean Carlson to discuss why New York City's museums may not be inviting to many New Yorkers, and how museum leaders should embrace radical changes to their traditional ways of doing things.
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