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Lessons from Cross-Cultural Dialogues: The Experiences of a Regional New Zealand Museum

By Tony Rasmussen and Stuart McAdam.

Published by The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum

Te Manawa Museum in Palmerston North, New Zealand, was one of the first in the country to actively engage ethnic communities in developing a programme of exhibitions. Te Manawa’s partnership model, although intended to be highly participatory, produced unexpected outcomes. Four Case Studies from the series are presented here as part of a ‘corporate learning history’, a concept borrowed from the field of cross-cultural management. The corporate learning history views intercultural dialogues in organisations not as problems that demand a solution, but as sources of organisational learning - in this case, for the benefit of the inclusive museum.

International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp.147-158. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 1.562MB).

Tony Rasmussen

Social History Curator, Social History, Te Manawa Museums Trust, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Stuart McAdam

Lecturer, Centre for Business Interdisciplinary Studies, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand