Alumni kudos!
Kudos to…. Mark Ramirez (MSP19) who recently accepted a position as Contract Archivist at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
Author: Museum Studies Program
Retirement congratulations!
Congratulations to MSP’s founding Director, Ray Silverman, on his recent retirement! Ray collaborated with colleagues at the University of Michigan to bring to life the graduate certificate in Museum Studies. The program welcomed its first cohort in 2003 and is still going strong. After...
A Letter from Berlin, Germany in the time of COVID-19
Museum Island (Museumsinsel) is a magical place, an area that houses multiple museums on a small island in Berlin, Germany. I had the pleasure of working with the Deputy Director of the Antikensammlung, which is the ancient art collection that is spread among different...
Presentations for museum professionals
The Association of Midwest Museums has compiled a variety of recent webinar and instructional video recordings for museum professionals. Recordings can be accessed here: https://www.midwestmuseums.org/resources/webinars-videos/
Alumni kudos!
Kudos to… Erica Lehrer (MSP04) co-authored a short text published in May 2020 in the American Alliance of Museums web series “Museums and Equity in Times of Crisis.” The article ponders how museums can engage their communities in critical reflection on the work and purpose of...
Curating Covid: Material and Visual Cultures of the Pandemic
While there is so far no known cure for Covid and the disease continues to kill thousands daily around the globe, humanity has spent the better part of this year attempting to make do – some by doing their best to protect themselves and...
