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Collections Management Internship [Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA]

Collections Management Internship [Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA]

Collections Management Internship – Battleship Cove The Collections Department at Battleship Cove in Fall River, America’s Largest Fleet Museum, is accepting interns to assist with collections management projects. This unpaid internship is open to students currently pursuing their BA or MA in Museum Studies, Public 

The Role of Objects in Today’s Historic House Museum

The Role of Objects in Today’s Historic House Museum

The role of objects in the 21st-century museum seems to be a hot topic right about now, especially with many museums incorporating digital collections, 3-D models, and reconstructions into their understanding of what it means to interact with a museum object. When we think about 

Hello From Your New Editor!

Hello From Your New Editor!

Hello fellow museum bloggers!

My name is Christina and I will be starting my second year as a master’s student in Museum Education at Tufts in the fall! You can find out more about me on the About the Blog page, but for now I will just say that I’m extremely excited to be the new editor of the Museum Studies Blog, and I’m hopeful that this coming year will bring many new, interesting, and thought-provoking topics to discuss with all of you. Please feel free to contact me via email at tufts.museum.blog@gmail.com with any questions, ideas for blog posts, or content that you have already written that you would like to be featured on the blog (I’m more than happy to help edit!).

I’m really looking forward to the coming year and to hearing all your wonderful thoughts and ideas, and I hope you will find my posts engaging as well!

-Christina

Preservation & Presentation: Tourists at Historic Sites (Part II)

Preservation & Presentation: Tourists at Historic Sites (Part II)

Today’s post comes to you from current Tufts Museum Education student Carlos Lu. Please check see last weeks’ post for Part I. Check out these posts for more of Carlos’ writings. Last time I wrote about a common paradoxical issue that faces many historic site museums: how to 

Farewell, and an Introduction to Our New Editor

Farewell, and an Introduction to Our New Editor

Last weekend, Tufts held commencement ceremonies for a variety of museum studies programs. Students graduated with the Art History Department, the History Department, the Education Department, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. We were two of those graduates: Jess with the Art History department and Colleen 

Call for Papers

Call for Papers

We have been made aware of an exciting opportunity – a Call for Papers from Julia Courtney, who is editing together on a book about deaccessioning. She is currently seeking abstracts for the book, which will be published in 2017. If you are interested in submitting an essay, please see the information presented below. Good luck, and happy writing!

Call for Papers Deaccessioning