Museum Management II Museum Management II further explores museum administration, emphasizing business aspects. Meeting with museum directors and other senior staff, students experience first-hand the challenges of running a museum. Topics include strategic planning, ethics, marketing, managing site operations and finances, and meeting the mandate of serving diverse constituencies. The course on the museum object primarily addresses man-made objects as representations of human cultures, but also includes a wider range of museum objects from the natural and physical sciences. The course on museum education addresses a wide range of issues associated with education and public service aspects of museums.
Students develop skills and strategies for interpreting museum collections and exhibitions.
They study materials and approaches associated with educational programs for adults and children. They learn how to integrate projects with schools, community institutions and special populations.