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NYCMER Queer Peers’ Pride Month Celebration

Jun 12, 2025 6:00PM—9:00PM

The Dickens (783 8th Avenue, First Floor, New York, NY 10036)

NYCMER Queer Peers Group Meeting

Jun 18, 2025 6:00PM—7:30PM

Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, 2nd Floor Seminar Room, New York, New York 10011

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Since 1979, NYCMER has provided a forum for museum education professionals to address issues of museum and educational interest, exchange and disseminate relevant information, and to explore and implement cooperative programming opportunities through roundtable discussions, workshops, and an annual conference.

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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…

NYCMER Swag

May 12, 2020

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Paul Orselli

President and Chief Instigator POW! (Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.) I’m an instigator, in the best sense of that word. I like to mix up interesting people, ideas, and materials to make exhibits. I run my own company called POW! (Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.) on Long Island.Check out my website or my ExhibiTricks blog!