The Wilson Museum in Castine, Maine, USA, recently added the Open to Collaborate, Attribution Incomplete, and Traditional Knowledge Notices to the collection page on their website.
Alongside the use of the Notices, the staff included an excerpt from their Social Responsibility Statement: “We acknowledge that the history of our organization is rooted in colonialism, extractive collecting, and privilege. With humility and openness, we are committed to becoming an organization that reflects and supports values and actions essential to an equitable and sustainable shared future. We are committed to decolonizing our collection, our relationships, our content, and the way we work.”
We are glad to see Wilson Museum’s commitment to reckoning with the colonial past of their institution and its collections alongside its use of the Notices.
