ABSTRACT

In December 2020, President Lincoln’s Cottage, a museum and historic site in Washington, DC, opened Reflections on Grief and Child Loss, an exhibit that aims to build understanding of Abraham and Mary Lincoln as bereaved parents and weaves their story together with those of modern grieving families. This exhibit was developed by the Cottage’s Director of Programming – herself a bereaved mother – as she worked to integrate her personal grief into her work as a museum educator. Her reflections on how personal grief impacts her role as a museum educator offers perspective on what happens when we normalize conversations around grief in a professional setting.

摘要

2020 年 12 月，位于华盛顿特区的博物馆和历史遗迹林肯总统小屋开设了“对悲伤和失去孩子的反思”展览，该展览旨在加深人们对亚伯拉罕和玛丽​​·林肯作为失去亲人的父母的理解，并将他们的故事与现代人的故事编织在一起。悲痛的家庭。这个展览是由 Cottage 的编程总监——她自己是一位失去亲人的母亲——开发的，因为她努力将她个人的悲痛融入她作为博物馆教育者的工作中。她对个人悲伤如何影响她作为博物馆教育者的角色的思考提供了一个视角，即当我们在专业环境中将围绕悲伤的对话正常化时会发生什么。