Students learn the essentials of selecting, sequencing and displaying artworks.
Opportunities for experience in office work are also available, including artist correspondence, planning, filing and slide documentation of exhibitions. In conjunction with the Olin Art Gallery, the Gallery Director teaches a year-long Museum Studies seminar. In addition to their exposure to critical, interdisciplinary readings in the field of Museum Studies, students enrolled in the course contribute directly to educational programming and related initiatives. Students may be expected to provide docent tours for the campus and surrounding community, and on an ongoing basis, research and write educational hyperlinks that expand upon concepts and influences relating to exhibitions on display. In alternating years, students participate in the planning, curating and interpretation of major Olin Gallery historical exhibitions.