
IP Stanback Museum & Planetarium students John Johnson, Quentin Atterberry, Harriett Hilton, and recent grad Robyn Hemby presented a panel discussion titled
Using Technology to Attract Younger Museum Visitors. These were the first students ever to present at the Association of African American Museums' National Conference!
Students David McCleod, Thomas Sherman, Brian Hubbard and Mike Daniels also attended.
Additionally, the Stanback's Director Ellen Zisholtz was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of African American Museums!
Collections and Exhibitions Manager Darryl Murphy also attended.
Additional sites visited were the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham Civil Rights Museum, the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Birmingham Jazz Museum, the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL, the Rosa Parks Museum, the Southern Poverty Civil Rights Museum, the River Road African American Museum, the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, LA, the Louisiana State Museum, the African American Heritage Museum, and the LaGrange Art Museum.
Whew!
Pictured above left: At the Southern Poverty Civil Rights Museum, from l to r Quentin Atterberry, Director Ellen Zisholtz, Collections Manager Darryl Murphy, Robyn Hemby, Harriett Hilton, Mike Daniels, John Johnson, David McCleod, Thomas Sherman, Brian Hubbard.
Pictured above right: back row from l to r: Mike Daniels, Thomas Sherman, Robyn Hemby, Dr. McGuire, Professor at LSU; Dr. Shroeder Cherry, Counselor to the Director at the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Stanback Director Ellen Zisholtz, David McCleod, Harriett Hilton. Front row: Brian Hubbard, John Johnson, and Quentin Atterberry.
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