Directors from two university natural history museums will discuss the changing roles of such museums in research, education, and cultural heritage. Access to such collections allows visitors the opportunity to connect with the process of scientific research. The opportunities offered by transitioning into new...
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...
Application season is here to join Museum Studies in Fall, 2018. If you are interested in museums, collections, and/or cultural heritage, this might be a great program for you to consider. Applications are due February 24. Detailed application information can be found here. ...
Kudos to… Rachel Chamberlain (MSP14) works as the Education Outreach Specialist at Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art. At the museum, she has begun a Museum Current lecture series which invites scholars and museum professionals to present lectures pertaining to issues in museum studies. ...
Kudos to… Shannon Schmoll (MSP11) Shannon is now the Michigan State Chair of the Great Lakes Planetarium Association, and her employer, the Abrams Planetarium, has been selected to host the 2018 conference for that organization.
It has been a busy year in the Museum Studies Program and as the holiday season draws near I am taking this this opportunity to touch base with our alumni, friends, and supporters and ask for your support. Since we admitted our first cohort...
