Kudos to John Kannenberg MSP10)… In November 2015, John served as the Museum Director for the opening of The Museum of Portable Sound, housed within the London College of Communication. This new institution dedicated to bringing the culture of sound to the public and...
A recent study by the National Endowment for the Arts suggests that there are a higher percentage of museum goers in the metro Detroit area than in any other urban area in the country. Way to go, Detroit! We do have some great museums...
Kudos to… Erica Lehrer (MSP04) who recently published her article, “Thinking Through the Canadian Museum for Human Rights” in the American Quarterly’s December 2015 issue. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the first national museum built outside Canada’s capital, opened to the public on...
This article presents some easy and creative ways that museums can encourage engagement with their collections using modern technology.
Kudos to… Allan Martel (MSP 15) who presented a paper at the Limits Conference which focused on designing technology in a foreseen future of scarce resources. He is first author on the paper, and it draws heavily from literature on museum studies. Next summer,...
The Museum Studies Fall 2016 brown bag schedule can be found in the document below. Details about each presentation are available here on the website in our Events section. Brown Bag Flyer Fall 2016
