Author: Museum Studies Program
Kudos to… Reed Esslinger (MSP10) has worked with the Museum of Performance + Design (MP+D) in the development of the guided tour of their archive. Through her practicum experience at MP+D, Reed and the Director of MP+D co-wrote a paper, which was presented at...
The Tenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum will feature plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field. The confrerence will feature research addressing the following annual themes: visitors, collectors, and representations. The conference will be held September 15-17...
Alison Byrnes, a member of the 2006 MSP cohort, recently returned from seven years teaching in India, where she initiated a new Museum Studies Program. She will discuss museums in India through the lens of visuality. There is a mismatch between the cultural signals...
Call for student papers for Michigan Museums Association 2017 conference. Deadline to submit proposals: March 13, 2017 Conference dates: October 17 – 19, 2017 Conference Location: Lansing, Michigan Sharing Our Stories: The Role of Michigan Museums Are Museums...
Kudos to… Michael Andre (MSP04) continues to work as a translator for Klassik Stiftung Weimar, as well as on other projects including copy-editing a forthcoming book on batik. Recently, two of his translations were published: the Werkverzeichnis Henry van de Velde III: Keramik/ Ceramics(German and...
Please note that there has been a change to our brown bag schedule. The March 9 presentation has been moved to March 24. (This is the presentation titled “The Smithsonian Institution and the Making of the American Nonprofit Sector.”) The revised full schedule is...