From the Archives: Museography as a Catalyst for Social Change with Ricardo Rubiales

Every week this month, SEGD will feature a new video from our archives! This week, we are featuring “Museography as a Catalyst for Social Change” from this summer’s 2024 SEGD Exhibition + Experience event, which took place at Planet Word in Washington, DC on June 20, 2024. Hear from Museum Designer and Researcher Ricardo Rubiales as he takes us through contemporary museography in Latin America. 

About Ricardo Rubiales

Over the years, Ricardo Rubiales has worked as the head of the educational areas at museums like the National Museum of Art MUNAL, the Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts and Papalote Cuernavaca. Additionally, he was a key contributor to the development of eight new museums in Latin America, including Materia the Science Museum, The Museum of the City of Panama, the University Museum of Contemporary Art MUAC among others. He has been an advisor to MuCI, the first science museum in Paraguay. He is currently leading the Light Museum, an initiative of the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM in Mérida, Yucatán. An award-winning museum designer and researcher, is a member of diverse academic committees. Teacher and lecturer, he has designed national conferences, educational research seminars, and updating workshops for museum professionals at a national and international level.

About SEGD

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