The Urgency of Empathy & Social Impact in Museums

Mike Murawski
11 min readJul 11, 2016

“We are in more urgent need of empathy than ever before.”

This quote has been on my mind often over the past days, weeks, months, and sadly, years — as senseless acts of violence and hatred hit the headlines at a numbing pace of regularity. This past Friday was no different, as we all awoke to the horrific news from Dallas, during a week…

--

--

Mike Murawski

consultant, educator, & change leader. Author of “Museums as Agents of Change” (2021); writes “Agents of Change” Substack; Co-Producer #MuseumsAreNotNeutral