The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) Annual Conference returns from September 21–24, 2026, in Spokane, Washington. On Thursday, September 24, from 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM, Katherine Molineux, Director at Lord Cultural Resources, will join Stacy Coon and Courtney Gerzetich of the Kahnekanolu Cultural Center for the roundtable session:  "Collaborative Exhibition Development at the Oneida Cultural Center." 

“In case anyone needed reminding, the Covid-19 pandemic was a brutal period for arts institutions and organisations, with declines in attendance and revenues that led many to reduce programming, lay off full-time and temporary staff, and in some cases shut down entirely. Many art institutions have struggled to rebound to the attendance and revenue levels they had sustained before the pandemic; The Art Newspaper’s annual surveys of museum attendance, for instance, show that many are attracting persistently lower attendance compared to 2019. However, some have emerged in even stronger position than before Covid, often thanks to local governments’ actions to provide higher levels of financial support for arts groups, according to a recently released report from DataArts, a research centre at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas.” 

Lord Cultural Resources, in partnership with SMU DataArts, worked with Assembly for the Arts to examine the future of public arts funding in Cuyahoga County, Ohio through a national environmental review of public-sector arts funding across 15 U.S. regions and in-depth research into five peer communities.

Lord Cultural Resources is looking forward to participating in the ASTC 2026 Annual Conference, September 16–19, hosted by the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, which brings together science-engagement professionals and leaders from science and technology centers, museums, and allied organizations. Lord Senior Director Yvonne Tang will be participating in the panel "Old Bones, New Approaches: Dinosaurs for Today’s Audiences”. Read more about the session below.

Lord Cultural Resources is pleased to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Clara Luper Civil Rights Center, marking a major milestone in the creation of a new cultural destination dedicated to preserving and sharing Oklahoma's civil rights history. President and Managing Partner Joy Bailey-Bryant was in attendance.