Conner Prairie

Conner Prairie Museum will address institutional challenges relating to diversity, accessibility, equity, and inclusion (DEAI) and strengthen its relevance to the communities it serves by implementing policies, procedures, and trainings. Working with external consultants, the museum will identify organizational weaknesses through an audit, assessment, and research phase. Based on these findings, the museum will formulate a comprehensive plan to foster systemic change. The museum will create a series of theatrical vignettes based on the gathered data to provoke self-examination among staff, board, and volunteers. Workshops and role-play activities, led by both internal and external facilitators, will provide staff and volunteers with the tools necessary to be more culturally competent. Summative research will measure shifts or conceptual change in participant opinions, beliefs, and implicit biases.