Museum/History Studies

Museums & galleries fight off financial uncertainty & cultural obsolescence with new community outreach programs, new exhibition styles and nonlinear displays.

Oct 6, 2009 - Simone Keiran

In tough financial times, as public galleries divest themselves of collections, and governments enact "de-accessioning" laws to prevent their loss, how will museums cope?

Oct 5, 2009 - Simone Keiran

Curators once showed their archives, art & artifact collections in dull, predictable displays. Digitalized archives, streaming video & world travel killed that plan.

Oct 5, 2009 - Simone Keiran

Museum interns can explore their love of the sea while earning college credit.

Dec 16, 2007 - Judy Rosella Edwards

Discover there is nothing modern about the Garamond font on your PC. Visit the Museum Plantin-Moretus/ Prentenkabinet, Antwerpen - UNESCO World Heritage, in Belgium.

Oct 24, 2007 - Judy Rosella Edwards

How do museums come up with such clever programs for kids? The National Museum of Education provides ideas for activities for exploring a kid's favorite museum.

Oct 18, 2007 - Judy Rosella Edwards

The Museum of African-American History includes the first black church building built in Boston and the oldest African Meeting House still standing.

Oct 18, 2007 - Judy Rosella Edwards

Museums encourage ongoing support by offering from individual to patron-level memberships. All levels offer special museum experiences, travel, and dining opportunities.

Oct 8, 2007 - Judy Rosella Edwards

What does a docent do? How do you learn to give docent guided tours? Learn about docents and docent training at National Docent Symposium.

Oct 7, 2007 - Judy Rosella Edwards

Even a kid who falls asleep in science class is likely to perk up at the idea of spending the night in a museum. Some even let the kids stay up all night.

Sep 29, 2007 - Judy Rosella Edwards

"Let's go to a museum!" evokes entirely different images in each and every one of us. So, what is a museum?

Sep 28, 2007 - Judy Rosella Edwards

More recently famous as home to Edgar Lee Masters and his semi-biographical "Spoon River Anthology," Lewistown, Illinois, is also home to the Dickson Mounds Museum.

Sep 26, 2007 - Judy Rosella Edwards

This article will help you close in on landing that museum job.

Jun 23, 2006 - S.J. Redman

This article will discuss how to start looking for, and how to prepare for applying for museum jobs.

Jun 17, 2006 - S.J. Redman

Museums, sometimes by the mere fact of their existence, can prove to be politically charged and controversial. Should museums avoid, or embrace, this type of controversy?

Jun 12, 2006 - S.J. Redman

This is the fourth and final article in a series exploring graduate schools applications to museum studies programs.

May 22, 2006 - S.J. Redman

This is the third article in a series about applying to graduate programs in museum studies or related field.

May 21, 2006 - S.J. Redman

After completing your first museum internship, you will probably have some idea of how your colleagues obtained their positions in museums - so where do you go from here?

May 19, 2006 - S.J. Redman

Dozens of colleges and universities in both the United States and Canada have Museum Studies programs, but which one is right for you?

May 12, 2006 - S.J. Redman

Visible storage is a relatively new method of displaying the objects in museum collections.

May 5, 2006 - S.J. Redman

A recent article argued that Native American tribes are reclaiming a large percentage of museum collections in the US. Is NAGPRA really emptying U.S. museums out?

Apr 28, 2006 - S.J. Redman

In the past, museums used to be some of the most important centers for research in the world. These same museums would then utilize their new research in their exhibits,

Apr 21, 2006 - S.J. Redman

Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum in London was recently quoted as saying, "Repatriation is yesterday’s question . . ." The number of high-profile and s

Apr 14, 2006 - S.J. Redman