ࡱ>   ܥhc e  1XYk`<Inside out: Diversity and its relationship to museum identity Erica Persak National Gallery of Australia E-mail ericap@nga.gov.au This paper will discuss the representations of diversity within museums and explore the potential of defining new ways of attaining diversity within a museum environment. Diversity can be found in the nature of the collections and the interpretation of those collections. However, diversity is not limited to collections. It can be found in the nature of the audiences who visit museums and the audiences targeted by museums for the delivery of their programs. As we approach the new millennium museums have the potential to re-define their identity by acknowledging the diversity of their collections, exhibitions and audiences. The paper describes how at the National Gallery of Australia, he subject of diversity is being addressed through its acquisitions policy, exhibitions and loans programs. It has been recognised that for some time museums have been actively attempting to broaden and diversify the audiences that come to their institutions and the Gallery is working towards diversifying its audiences locally, nationally and internationally. The Gallery is moving inside out and acknowledging the opportunity that diversity offers to re-defining identity. .A>q6uPcU>?Lj K@Normala @ Heading 1c"A@"Default Paragraph FontO Hyperlink^b6@1Times New Roman Symbol "Arial"htz)Fz)F6k=Inside-out: Diversity and its relationship to museum identity Lawrie Conole Lawrie Conole  FMicrosoft Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89qRoot Entry  F`< WordDocumentCompObjjSummaryInformation(    FMicrosoft Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.69qOh+'0, DP x  >Inside-out: Diversity and its relationship to museum identityLawrie Conole5NormalLawrie Conole1ODocumentSummaryInformation8 Root Entry  FL`<n_< WordDocumentCompObjjSummaryInformation(   Microsoft Word for Windows 95@@P:@W<6՜.+,0@Hdl t| Museum of Victoria >Inside-out: Diversity and its relationship to museum identity