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Margaret Middleton

Arts Administration, Education, and Policy Lecture

Margaret Middleton wears a floral collared shirt, glasses, and has short hair. On the right is an orange train engine in a colorful playroom.

Museum consultant Margaret Middleton visits the Wex for the annual lecture copresented with Ohio State’s Department of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy.

Middleton is an international museum consultant currently based in Belfast, Ireland. In their work, Middleton creates strategies of inclusion for communities who face inequity and exclusion in traditional museum spaces. These range from youth and families and members of LGBTIQ+ communities to museum workers. Their practices include exhibition design, audience engagement, and writing. Middleton draws from multiple critical theories to center the lived experiences of marginalized populations in their work. 

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Left to right: Margaret Middleton, photo: Matthew Clowney. Play train in Bessie's House, a children's play space at the Discovery Museum, Acton, MA, 2018; photo: Matthew Clowney.

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Copresented with Ohio State's Department of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy.

LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
American Electric Power Foundation
Huntington
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Big Lots Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Ingram-White Castle Foundation
The Ohio State University Office of Outreach & Engagement
Ohio Arts Council
Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation

SUPPORT FOR LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE PROGRAM RESIDENCIES PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services 
Ohio Arts Council
CampusParc
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate

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