2020-2021 Museum Studies Program Graduate Assistant, Ashley Buzzanca, discusses her experience as a graduate student participating in the 2020 Collections SWAT Team (now known as “Collections AID”). When I was deciding where to attend...
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...
Our UD Museum Studies and History undergraduate and graduate students were busy this summer doing internships in museums and historical sites from Delaware to Ireland and China! From planning future exhibitions, to gaining experience...
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...
In the Spring 2018 offering of MSST 203 Introduction to Museums, our colleague Jennifer Van Horn introduced a unique assignment. She invited her students to visit Delaware and area museums and write reviews with...
Summer internships, happened so fast! With Autumn officially upon us, a number of Museum Studies graduate students have wrapped up summer internships in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, and shared with us a brief snapshot...
Spending his summer “[experiencing] how the past, present, and future collide,” at the Air Mobility Command Museum, sophomore Justin Richards’ internship proved to be an educational and inspiring one. He was able to spend...
Katherine Riley, a second year Museum Studies and Hagley scholar, spent her summer digging through the manuscript collections at the Delaware Historical Society as the Stewart Fellowship Intern. For this assignment, Katherine worked closely...
New Castle Historical Society preserves and interprets four centuries of Delaware history. With the help of Museum Studies graduate students, Ben Goldman and Aliza Alperin-Sheriff, that history is now more accessible to the public....
While each of our undergraduate minors gets hands-on museum experience during their summer internships, two of our students got to stick their toes in the Delaware sand while at their sites. Kira Lyle joined...
What makes a great museum label?
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The best museum labels do more than provide information. A great museum label takes its reader on a revelatory journey, reframing perceptions along the way and provoking a lasting reaction.
NEA Grant Received for Innovative Exhibition
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In collaboration with two artists from the Shinnecock Indian Nation, Museum staff will co-curate an art exhibition and co-develop family workshops to explore story, identity and place.
Career Conversations 2022 – Museum Studies Program
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Career Conversations 2022 by Tracy Jentzsch · May 11, 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 i...
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Followers of this blog will know I am a huge fan of museum schools. TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure, the most recent CFM report, devotes one chapter to exploring how museums serve ...
Smithsonian Summer Sessions: Inspiring Civic Engagement
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How can educators of all disciplines prepare students to be active and informed participants in a democracy? Join us this summer to explore this question through the lens of six Smithsonian collection...