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(ANTH 360) Museum Studies

Introduction to Museums, including their history and origins, decolonizing practices, and various aspects of working at a museum (exhibition, script writing, exhibition design, collections management, acquisitions, legal aspects of running a museum, and museum laws like NAGPRA).

Credit Hours 3.0 Lecture
Prerequisites ANTH 105 or HUM 151 or HUM 251
Offered Fall
Programs B.A. Anthropology and Cultural Sustainability, Anthropology Minor

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Learn how to decolonize museums, and attend to cultural diversity and how different cultures are affected by museum representations.
  2. Develop critical thinking.
  3. Learn to apply anthropological theories in practical ways in the museum settings.
  4. Develop skills in the implementation of exhibitions, script writing, exhibition design, collections management, acquisitions, the legal aspects of running a museum, and museum law.
  5. Become a life-long learner.