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From Museum Educator to Author – what does it take to write a book? 

Mar 11, 2024 7:00PM—8:00PM

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NYCMER’s Statement on the Presidential Election

November 14, 2020

The New York City Museum Educators Roundtable supports workers at museums and cultural institutions across the tri-state area. Over the last eight months, NYCMER members and our industry colleagues have been severely impacted by layoffs, furloughs, pay cuts, hour reductions, institutions closing, and more. While museums and cultural institutions struggle to survive, both locally and…

NYCMER’s Statement on Racial Violence and Discrimination

June 1, 2020

The history of museums is fraught. Though some serve as vital community centers, many were founded and continue to be funded by the white and wealthy, with that wealth derived from a history of slavery, colonialism, exploitation, and violence. It is impossible for institutions to remain uninfluenced by systematic bias, including the deeply embedded anti-Black…

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Elysia Segal

Actress / Lead Teaching Artist Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Elysia Segal is an actress, historical interpreter and teaching artist at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and the New-York Historical Society, and a board member of the International Museum Theatre Alliance. She has written and performed as numerous historical characters and created…