Museums at Noon presentation by Amanda Respess (PhD candidate, Anthropology and History) “Narrative and Nationalism: Islamic Science in American Museum Practice” This talk examines the historical context of the acquisition of Islamicate scientific objects and their inclusion in American collections and exhibitions, which have...
Kudos to… Gina Konstantopoulos (MSP10) Gina recently finished the second year of a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, where she had the opportunity to work in the Near Eastern Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From...
Museums at Noon presentation by Zachary Kopin (PhD, History) “What Happens When a Museum Is Something Other than a Museum?” This talk will discuss what happens to a museum and how it operates when its primary function is not to put its collections on...
This Thursday (November 2) Pamela McClusky, Curator of African and Oceanic Art at the Seattle Art Museum, will present the second talk in the “Curatorial Dilemmas: Representing Africa at UMMA” series. These talks are presented by leading curators and thinkers in African art and...
Leaders from the Harvard University and University of Michigan’s museums of natural history and comparative zoology will discuss the current historic and scientific importance of such museums for today’s understanding of and research into ecosystems and evolutionary biology that impact the increasing changes to...
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology conservator Suzanne Davis will provide an introduction to the field of conservation: what conservators do and where they work, how to become a conservator, some of the issues conservators are concerned about today, and how her work supports the Museum’s...
