Ian Wendt recently joined the NMAR team as associate executive director.

“I am very pleased to join NMAR in order to forward its mission of helping Americans better understand the profound roles of our diverse religions and religious freedom in our history and our contemporary society. I am also grateful for the opportunity to work with the many impressive people who support the museum’s many meaningful activities.”

The museum was invited to participate in a summit that explored reimagining museums as engines of religious literacy, entitled "Sacred Ground: Why America's Museums Need a New Dialogue on Faith." It took place on November 13th at the Eldridge Street Museum (https://www.eldridgestreet.org/) in Manhattan's Lower East Side. 

Keynote address: Religious Fluency as Democracy's Lifeline with Stephen Prothero