The children's creativity museum will address gaps in support networks for leaders of color in children's museums, science centers, natural history museums, zoos, and aquariums through expansion of an…

The children's creativity museum will address gaps in support networks for leaders of color in children's museums, science centers, natural history museums, zoos, and aquariums through expansion of an informal cohort of museum executives from underrepresented backgrounds. Project activities will include hosting in-person meet-UPS with museum professionals and allies, producing a position paper that identifies challenges and future research into these leaders' experiences, and sharing the paper and findings with museum associations, and private and public funders. After formally establishing the network, members and potential members will have access to virtual calls an in-person events hosted concurrently with national museum association conferences. The final paper will highlight the unique challenges, opportunities, and strengths of museum leaders of color and the organizations they lead, as well as yield systemic approaches to sustaining diversity initiatives in the museum sector.