The Maryland Museums Association encourages museums, historic sites, and cultural attractions across the state to be resources for accurate historical information and context regarding confederate statues; to be leaders in facilitating difficult, but important discussions about them; to provide safe, welcoming spaces for such discussions to take place; and to engage with and listen to the communities of which they are a part. As an organization, we unequivocally condemn violence, hatred, bigotry, and racism of any kind. Resources: PBS: Southern Poverty Law Center: New Orleans Mayor, Mayor Mitch Landrieu's Statement: Public Statements from the Field: National Trust for Historic Preservation: International Coalition of Sites of Conscience: American Association of State and Local History: American Alliance of Museums: Public Statements from Museums: National Museum of African American History and Culture https://nmaahc.si.edu/…/statement-tragedy-charlottesville-va National Civil Rights Museum: Levine Museum of the New South: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: |