Director’s Letter
2019-2020 has been a year of challenges, transition, and renewal for the MAH.
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As we reflect on our major
strengthened our values, planned for the
accomplishments of the past year, the
future, and got creative with programming
word resolute comes to mind. The MAH
by offering virtual, educational, and small
began the first half of the year with
group experiences beyond the museum
ambitious plans—to co-create meaningful
walls—making our best effort to serve you,
cultural experiences with the community,
our community, in these changed times.
to grow the number of partnerships and collaborations, and to recruit new
Our board and staff undertook these
leadership for the institution.
initiatives with sincerity and perseverance,
Once a new director and senior
operations by COVID-19, it has been a year
management team were in place, we
of many successes. In the past year we have:
focused on learning—listening to our community; assessing our organizational strengths and weaknesses; analyzing forces, trends, and models in order to strategize our next steps; and keeping ourselves open to change for the MAH’s continued development. We also spent the second half of the year getting our house in order in other ways, both literally and figuratively. Just as you have been tackling your own projects during shelter-in-place, we have been busy organizing, prioritizing, and finding our space. We reviewed our work,
ANNUAL REPORT 2020
and despite the challenges imposed on our
• Improved the physical MAH: We painted and updated the atrium to be more comfortable and welcoming, and conducted deep-cleaning, decluttering, and organizing throughout our facility. • Taken steps to honor our shared
history: We installed a series of commemorative plaques—some that honor our museum’s founders, so that all who enter will know how the MAH came to be; and another acknowledging that the land on which the MAH stands is the unceded territory of the Awaswasspeaking Uypi Tribe, and how the Amah
