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Farewell “Monsters!”

August 8, 2021

Meet Cudi & Learn About Service Animals

July 28, 2021

Nissan Foundation Awards Grant for Racial Diversity Programming

June 30, 2021

Get Vaccinated at the Museum of Us!

May 24, 2021

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It’s been just over a year since we changed our

It’s been just over a year since we changed our name to the Museum of Us. With that, came a commitment to our equity, inclusion, anti-racism, and decolonizing work. Let’s check in and see how we’re doing with those efforts.

Introducing: our first-ever ‘Accountability Report.’ Link in bio to learn more.

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If you’ve visited the Museum of Us recently, you

If you’ve visited the Museum of Us recently, you may have noticed some changes underway in the “Maya: Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth” exhibit. What you’re seeing is our Decolonizing Initiatives in action.

Maya peoples are still here today and thriving, and they continue to maintain their cultural heritage. Yet, this outdated exhibit presented them as a civilization frozen-in-time and a people of the past. This one-sided narrative of the exhibit elevates Euro-American academic perspectives above the voices of the Maya community relative to their past, present, and future.

With support from the Moxie Foundation, the Museum of Us is consulting with Maya community members about the content of the exhibit, and their cultural resources contained within it, so that we can reframe the exhibit with their expert guidance. We hope to redress the harm caused by the exhibit’s existing portrayal of Maya peoples and our role in perpetuating it.

Work on this exhibit will be happening intermittently over the next few months. We appreciate your patience and understanding of partial exhibit closures as this work is done.

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Planning a trip to Balboa Park this Labor Day week

Planning a trip to Balboa Park this Labor Day weekend? Here are some #knowbeforeyougo reminders from the Museum of Us:

• We will be open Friday – Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
• We will be closed for Labor Day, Monday (9/6) – Wednesday (9/8). We reopen on Thursday (9/9) at 10:00 am!
• Masks are still required during your visit.
• Tickets and California Tower Tours can be reserved online in advance (link in bio).
• Tag #MyBalboaPark when sharing pictures of your visit on Instagram for a chance to win fun prizes, including a private tour of the California Tower! Challenge ends September 6th.

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Our hearts go out to the residents of Louisiana, M

Our hearts go out to the residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, and other states impacted by Hurricane Ida. Through our “Race: Are We So Different?” exhibit and the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we know that climate change and natural disasters disproportionately affect communities of color.

Despite the end of legalized segregation, many American cities remain racially divided, leading to inequalities in income, housing, healthcare, disaster response, and more.

Climate justice is racial justice. To learn more about the links between racism and the environment, visit The New York Times' "Racism and Climate Change Readling List" by Somini Sengupta at: nyti.ms/2YiJQG2

To support residents affected by #HurricaneIda, organizations include:

• Feed the Secondline
• Southern Solidarity
• Another Gulf Is Possible
• World Central Kitchen
• Cajun Navy Foundation
• Mutual Aid Disaster Relief

Whether they’ve got fins, feathers, jaws, or cla

Whether they’ve got fins, feathers, jaws, or claws; humans have formed all kinds of relationships with all kinds of animals! Sneak a peek at our Living with Animals exhibit to explore the surprising, unique, and inspiring ways animals are a part of our lives.

We open tomorrow at 10:00am. Visit the link in bio to book your tickets in advance!
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Meet Jasz (they/them). “The only constant thing

Meet Jasz (they/them). “The only constant thing about my identity is that it’s in flux.”

Our identities are ever-evolving. With “Boxhibit: Identity” you can learn about how identity and expression influence one another while exploring the evolution of your own identity!

Boxhibits are available now in our online store for $50.00 – and includes year-long membership to the Museum of Us! Available for shipping worldwide, or local pickup.

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