The University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Maxwell Museum of Anthropology welcomes you to attend a special series of programming at the 2024 AFS annual meeting in Albuquerque on the topic of Community Engagement in the Museum.
This series features three special programs on Friday, Nov. 8 from 1:30-7pm MT at the Maxwell Museum on UNM’s beautiful campus:
- Double Forum Session: Mobilizing Heritage in Museums to Promote Inclusion and Engagement: Part 1 & 2, 1:30 – 4:30 pm MT
- Hibben Center for Archaeology Research, Rm 105
- Register (optional, but encouraged!) on the EventBrite page
- Reception in the Maxwell Museum Galleries, 4:30 – 5:30 pm MT
- Hibben Center for Archaeology Research, Atrium
- Food by Diné Chef Cleo Otero for 100 people, first come, first served
- Music by UNM student Carlos Arellano
- Korean Immigrant Dance in America, 5:30 – 7:00 pm MT
- UNM Department of Anthropology, Rm 163
- Register (optional, but encouraged!) on the EventBrite page
- Please note: This event is being filmed / photographed. By attending this event, you hereby grant the event team and organizers all permissions for your likeness to appear within the film in any and all media, worldwide and in perpetuity,
AFS members are encouraged to join us for all three sessions but folks can drop in only to one or two should they wish.
***There will be bus transportation provided between the Albuquerque Convention Center and the Maxwell Museum in “Round Robin” style, going back and forth from 12:30 – 7:30 pm.*** See Series Agenda & Bus Schedule below.
The Maxwell Museum is located at 500 University Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131; the UNM Dept. of Anthropology is adjacent, at 450 University Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131.
Please contact us at annualmeeting@afsnet.org with any questions.
Above: From L, Chi-Chung Kim, Myeong Soon Choi, and Jung Bae Park of the Korean Immigrant Dance in America ensemble, dressed for performance.
Special thanks to our sponsors of the Community Engagement in the Museum series!
- The UNM Dept. of Anthropology and Museum Studies Program
- The Maxwell Museum
- 2024 AFS Local Organizing Committee
- The Folklore and Museums Section of AFS
- The MinKwon Center, Creative Rebuild New York
SERIES AGENDA & BUS SCHEDULE
12:15 – 12:30 pm: Bus will be parked, facing south on 2nd Street, on the eastside of the Convention Center right outside one of the main doors loading up passengers.
12:30: First departure of bus from the Convention Center to the Maxwell Museum
1:15 – 1:30 pm: Arrivals and museum access
1:30 – 4:30 pm: “Mobilizing Heritage in Museums” double forum session, in the Maxwell’s Hibben Center for Archaeology Research, Rm 105
4:30 – 5:30 pm: Reception with Food from Diné/Navajo Chef Cleo Otero
5:30 – 7:00 pm: A Special Performance of Korean Immigrant Dance in America, by Chi-Chung Kim, Jung Bae Park, Myeong Soon Choi, and Vong Pak.
7:30 pm: Last Bus departs from the Maxwell Museum to the Convention Center
