What's New in Museum Studies notes from the edge

2023 Spring Lecture for Museum Studies with speaker Bonita Bennett

Registration Open! Spring 2023 Lecture

Registration is now open for the Spring 2023 Museum Studies Annual Lecture featuring Bonita Bennett, former award-winning Director of the District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa. May 1st from 12:30 to 1:30...

Additional Opportunities for Summer Internships 2023

The UD Museum Studies Program and UD Art & Design are seeking two artistically creative undergraduate students interested in applying for paid summer 2023 internships at Art Therapy Express as Community Engagement Initiative Summer Scholars. Interns are eligible to...

Two Opportunities for Summer 2023

In cooperation with the UD Museum Studies Program, the University of Delaware Anti-Racism Initiative is generously funding 2 internships for graduate or undergraduate students at local community organizations and historic sites with projects that...

Stewart Internships 2023

2023 E. Lyman Stewart Internships

The E. Lyman Stewart Summer Internships are competitively awarded paid internships given to rising sophomore, junior, or senior History majors, or graduate students in history who are placed at local historical societies, museums, libraries,...

CAID 2023

C-AID 2023 Howard HS

This 2023 C-AID project involved cataloguing and rehousing collections at Wilmington’s historic Howard High School. The school recently enjoyed a nearly $50-million dollar renovation, which included transforming the original 1927 library into an exhibition and...

Career Conversations 2022

June 15th, 2022 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST – Please join the UD Museum Studies Program for our annual alumni networking event, designed in response to alumni feedback!  Our guest speaker will...

The University of Delaware's 2022 Collections Aid

2022 C-AID a Success!

The 2022 Collections Aid (C-AID) was a success as Museum Studies students return to campus and were successfully able to support the work at three community institutions:  the Christina Cultural Arts Center, St. John’s...

2021 E. Lynn Stewart Internships Announced

The History Department is excited to announce this year’s E. Lyman Stewart Internships. These are competitive paid opportunities for history graduate and undergraduate students. Below you will find links to the application forms for...

Meet Our New Director

With concern for the difficulties facing our students and our field at this moment, I’d like to introduce myself as the new Director of the Museum Studies Program and ask for your help. As...