Fort Ticonderoga has announced the Edward W. Pell Graduate Fellowships for 2016. These fellowships are geared towards graduate students looking for experience in exhibitions, education, horticulture, and interpretation. Fort Ticonderoga has a dynamic staff who strive for excellence in all areas of its operations....
December 1 at 6:30 pm at the UM Museum of Art auditorium: Katherine Malone-France, Vice President for Historic Sites at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will explore challenges faced by historic sites and house museums and how the National Trust is working to develop...
This Friday at noon, MSP and PhD History student, Essie Ladkau, will discuss some of the methods in use by the National Museum of Japanese History to open the galleries up to minority and non-Japanese language speakers. Presentation at UM Museum of Art multi-purpose...
American Culture’s Border Collective Workshop will focus on the growth and changes in Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico, the U.S. and parts of Latin America. Day of the Dead is a celebration held on November 1st and 2nd to remember those that...
Andrea Rottmann (MSP13) recently had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Lonnie Bunch, the Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture on the topic of LGBTQ engagement. The interview can be seen here.
The annual Michigan Museums Association annual conference has come to a close, and many of our Museum Studies Program faculty and alumni participated throughout the event. A gallery of photos can be viewed here. A full schedule of events and presentations that took place...
