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Docents—voluntary educators who are frequently white, of retirement age and middle class—embody the tensions between the status quo and change in US museums

This storied museum has canceled Western culture in lieu of woke maxims.

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Redefining its purpose as antiracism, the Art Institute of Chicago abandons its core mission of preserving history’s treasures and instructing future generations.

Employees at the Art Institute of Chicago have won the vote to form a union, achieving certification Tuesday from the National Labor Relations Board.

Art Institute President James Rondeau called changes at the museum and the dismissal of longtime volunteers "evolutionary." In some circles there was outrage. But the wider question is about what it means to be a museum, and the uncertainty has just begun.

The museum hired The Equity Project, a consulting firm, which said the docent program would skew too much towards wealthy white women, with barriers preventing people of color from entering.

Like many museums around the country, the Art Institute of Chicago has been trying to forge closer ties with the racially and economically diverse cit

The Art Institute of Chicago has come under fire for firing its volunteer docents to create a new program with primarily paid educators.

The museum’s decision to replace its program for volunteer educators with one that “responds to issues of class and income equity” has drawn criticism.