Virtual Open House for prospective students- February 5
Join via Zoom: meeting ID 948 5441 6425 / passcode 584834
Category: Photos
Experts speak. Colleagues discuss. Students engage . . . and have fun. The Video and Photo Galleries offer a window into some of the many memorable events and activities organized by the Museum Studies Program. Topical colloquia, lectures, and workshops about issues in museum studies feature prominent scholars and practitioners who examine a wide range of current issues facing the museum world. Our video samples convey the range of ideas and interests explored within the Museum Studies Program. The photos take you inside the world of our students and scholars, visually documenting their work and the life of the program.
MSP20 held first class session in the Arboretum!
The Museum Proseminar began the Fall term outdoors and is now meeting on-line due to Covid-19.
Museum Studies: 2019
Visual souvenirs from the sixteenth cohort of the Museum Studies graduate certificate program.
Samuel J. Redman presents – A Swift Death and Steady Resurrection: Salvage Anthropology and U.S. Museums (March 2019)
This presentation explores salvage anthropology, a movement spurred by threats of extinction faced by indigenous societies that brought millions of material culture objects into museums. As a result, questions have arisen for museums such as what to do with stolen artifacts, stolen knowledge, and...