Roundtable Session In-person November Annual Meeting 2026

Representing Religion in Museums

Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)

This session will bring together participants in projects hosted by AAR and APRIL through 2026. It will include perspectives from curators and religion scholars who have been writing about and organizing museum exhibitions, exploring the ways religion is represented, reified, and recreated in museums. This includes questions about representation and repatriation, conservation and conversion, display and delight.