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The Ancient Middle East and the 21st Century Museum - Symposium
Cincinnati Art Museum - March 31- April 1, 2022

Dr. Morag M. Kersel

How did that get here? Ancient Objects, Movement, and Museums

The very existence of the museum rests in the unique collections they house. Objects in collections are mediated through, among other things, curatorial expertise, and visitor interactions. Reasons people frequent museums are as varied as the institutions visited, but visit they do, often in
search of singular items on display. Most museum-goers give little thought to where the items come from, how they end up in museums, or if they should even be a part of the collection. Often, exhibition text panels, labels, and catalogue entries provide little or no information about the origin story of the object on display. In this moment of museum scrutiny, institutions are under increasing pressure to repatriate, to better represent, to
increase their transparency, and to more complete tell stories. The newly configured galleries of the Cincinnati Art Museum and other locales provide insights into how objects get into museums.