Author: Museum Studies Program

Alumni kudos!

Courtney Cottrell (MSP 12) assisted with  Ancestral Women Exhibit: Wisconsin’s 12 Tribes, at the Center for the Visual Arts in Wausau, WI.  In this exhibit, award-winning jacquard weaver, Mary Burns, honors womens’ journeys by creating their portraits in jacquard weavings.  This project was conceived...

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to…  Katherine Larson (MSP10). In January 2016 Kate started working as a Curatorial Assistant (a three-year appointment), at the Corning Museum of Glass. Her work is to support the ancient, Islamic, European, and Science and Technology curators and collections. In April 2016 she attended...

Friday (Oct 21) Brown Bag presentation at noon

“Supporting Youth through Environmental Education: Teaching, Learning, and Design at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens” Looking beyond traditional science curricula in schools, this presentation will explore opportunities for science learning through actual experiences via out-of-school settings such as UM’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens.  The presentation will...

2 new working papers just added!

Two Working Papers have just been added… take a look! Caroline Braden (MSP13) Welcoming All Visitors: Museums, Accessibility, and Visitors with Disabilities James Nadel (museum studies minor) Rediscovering Sephardic Catalonia: Heritage and the Museum of Jewish History in Girona

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to…  Monica Patterson (MSP07) continues to work as Assistant Professor in the Institution of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University. She recently opened the exhibition titled “Children’s Rights in Africa,” curated in collaboration with students from her Fall 2015 Advanced Topics seminar in Child Studies, “The History of ‘the African Child.”...