This thesis investigates how the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA can strive to be more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible within its collections and exhibits. By understanding the cultural insights of visitors, potential visitors, staff, and one member of the board of trustees through anthropological inquiry, museum leaders can utilize this information to better serve the stakeholders within the greater community that the museum aims to represent. The results of this research provide valuable insights into why people visit the museum, and which exhibits or artifacts are popular among both first time and recurring visitors. In addition, the results also provide context for obstacles that prevent people from visiting, shed insight into power dynamics between staff, museum leaders, and public stakeholders and how these can limit diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the museum. By drawing on postmodernism, and political economy within anthropology, this thesis sheds a deeper insight into issues of DEI at the Museum of Flight, and ultimately, what steps the museum can take to be more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible to all stakeholders within its collections and exhibits.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2332632 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Hancock, Kyle Scott |
| Contributors | Wasson, Christina, Nelson, Andrew S., Jones, Rose |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Hancock, Kyle Scott, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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