Museums and Accessibility - Museums should strive to create a sense of belonging and community to enable shared knowledge for everyone [25] - Museums need to engage with everyone, from staff recruitment to collecting and interpretation, to foster inclusivity [23] - Museums should use relatable language and humor to create human connections and make history engaging [25] AI in Museums - AI can help museums understand their collections and find new connections, enabling discovery and participation [21] - AI can be used to analyze images and provide detailed descriptions, but the quality of data used to train AI is critical [15][22] - AI can accelerate change in museums, but the focus should remain on human understanding and storytelling [23] Collection and Interpretation - Museums often focus on a narrow, white middle-class Western narrative, neglecting other perspectives [16] - Museums face a storage problem, leading them to refuse many personal items and stories [11][12] - There is a need to make room for new perspectives and stories in museum collections [13]

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