Public programs facilitate dialogue between academics and professionals, informing scholarship and strengthening practice.
Multiple day conferences, year-long colloquia, individual lectures, “conversations” between individuals, hands-on workshops, and Museums at Noon talks featuring our graduate students all contribute to the remarkable richness of MSP offerings.
Video recordings of some MSP lectures are archived for viewing in our Media Gallery.
Museums at Noon
Latest Past Events
Building Collections, Building Knowledge, Building Publics: Diversity at the Huntington
Founded in 1919, the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens originated with the collections of Henry and Arabella Huntington. As of 2014, nearly three-quarters of a million people visit the grounds and buildings annually. In recent years, the Huntington has become more intentional...
“History Compels Us to be Daring”: Sites of Conscience in Action Around the World
The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience was founded in 1999 with the radical idea that historic sites had an obligation to draw a connection between the history of their sites and their contemporary implications. Today, we are more than 200 museums, historic sites,...
“But Is That Even a ‘Real’ Museum”? Exhibits and Their Objects at the Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum
In my brown bag presentation, I will discuss my experience completing an exhibits (and sometimes curatorial and sometimes collections) practicum at the Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum (HHOF), a non-traditional museum located downtown Toronto. With an entrance located off a mall food court,...
