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MSP Chicago Trip, May 2014

by Museum Studies Program · Published May 15, 2014 · Updated September 29, 2015

MSP13 at Chicago Field Museum
MSP13 at Chicago History Museum behind the dioramas
MSP13 at the Hull House Museum Chicago
MSP13 at the Hull House Museum Chicago
MSP13 Caitlin Townsend at Chicago History Museum
MSP13 Chris Ladkau and Rebecca Cassidy at the Art Institute of Chicago
MSP13 Diorama Building at the Field Museum
MSP13 group portrait at Chicago History Museum
MSP13 group portrait at the Art Institute of Chicago
MSP13 in Crown Family Play Lab at Field Museum
MSP13 in Crown Family Play Lab at Field Museum
MSP13 Nick Malzahn and Jeremy Golubcow Teglasi at the Field Museum

Carla, Brad, and members of the MSP13 cohort spent a few days in Chicago touring area museums.

Today's museums are dynamic institutions playing increasingly important roles in the communities they serve. In addition to being a place for collecting, preserving, studying and exhibiting "things," museums have become vital arenas for learning, exploring and negotiating the complex relationships that people have with the social and natural environments in which they live.

In response to this movement, the museum profession has seen significant growth and greater demand for qualified museum specialists. It is an arena that offers many exciting opportunities for the application of knowledge, skills and critical thinking associated with a variety of disciplines.

MSP Chicago Trip, May 2014

The University of Michigan Museum Studies Program