The articles in this book are outstanding examples of socially responsible museum work, based on the premise that museums, galleries and science centres must move beyond education and entertainment to embrace socially relevant missions. Being a socially responsible museum means addressing issues of relevance to one's community, as well as identifying issues and challenges where a museum's expertise can make a positive difference. This book presents nine rich and diverse case studies of successful civic engagement, which are both practical and engaging. Looking Reality in the Eye provides new directions for assisting museums in achieving long-term sustainability within their communities, while at the same time providing a rich source of ideas on how this can be achieved.

With Contributions By: Ruth J. Abram Stephen H. Baumann Beth Carter Gerald T. Conaty Joanne DiCosimo Michele Gallant Robert R. Janes Emlyn H. Koster Gillian Kydd Janet Pieschel Susan Pointe Glenn C. Sutter Paul Tapsell Douglas Worts

Robert R. Janes was the president and CEO of Glenbow Museum from 1989 to 2000. He is a visiting research fellow at the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester (UK) and an adjunct professor of archaeology at the University of Calgary.

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Gerald T. Conaty was the director of Indigenous studies at the Glenbow Museum. He leaves as his legacy more than thirty articles and books, including Power Images: Portrayals of Native America, co-authored with Sarah E. Boehme. In 2003, he was inducted into the Kainai Chieftainship and given the name Sikapiistamix (Grey Bull).

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Gerald T. Conaty has a PhD in archaeology from Simon Fraser University. He is the senior curator of Ethnology at the Glenbow Museum.

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The Glenbow Museum has an established reputation for books that accompany their exhibits with aboriginal content in conjunction with native peoples.

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