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Why Museum Studies at KU?

The KU Museum Studies program offers a graduate degree from an interntaionally respected university. An established program — we have been educating museum professionals since 1981 — there is also an exciting future as the program will soon name a new director and professor to lead us into the next chapter.

KU Museum Studies offers personal attention in a small, selective program with all courses taught by world-class faculty members and museum professionals from leading institutions.

The breadth of specialties and facilities at KU allows students to pursue their own individual interest, such as paleontology, entomology, environmental history and much more.

Program graduates are hire-ready and can offer employers someone with advanced academic training, professional skills, and on-the-job experience. The KU Museum Studies program has a loyal, enthusiastic network of alumni eager to help new graduates and we have a strong record of placement across the nation.  


Welcome!
from the Director Dennis Domer domer@ku.edu

 

Welcome to the Museum Studies program at the University of Kansas! We offer our students the excellent academic and professional training they need to prepare them for challenging careers in museums, historical agencies, and similar institutions.

Museums are a vital part of American culture. In our museums, we explore our identities, our values, and our dreams for the future. Since 1981, the Museum Studies program at the University of Kansas has prepared its graduates for a lifetime of leadership in this dynamic field. Read More...

 

 

Special Exhibits

  • Herb Block Political Cartoons

     

    From May 5th through August 21st the Dole Institute of Politics will be featuring the Herb Block Exhibition. The exhibit features political cartoons on the environment, education, civil rights, democracy, and thirteen U.S. presidents by four time Pulitzer Prize winner cartoonist Herb Block. This exhibit is free and open to the public.

    For more information about the exhibition visit the Herb Block Foundation at http://www.herblockexhibitions.org/exhibit.

     

  • Massachusetts Street: Monuments and Milestones

    An online exhibit of the Watkins Community Museum of History chronicles the history of this iconic Lawrence street.

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  • The Waiting Room: Lost and Found

    We all spend time in waiting rooms. Sitting, waiting; sitting, waiting; sitting and waiting for our names to be called, waiting to pass through the next doorway to the diagnostic or treatment room, waiting for a family member to reemerge, waiting for the doctor to come out with an update…The Waiting Room Project reflects this intensely personal experience, and at the same time addresses wider, correlated scientific, cultural, and economic perspectives. It is rooted in global concerns, but is also decidedly local.

     

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  • Museum Studies lecturer Sherry Williams

    Museum Studies lecturer Sherry Williams is involved with a project that has enabled a significant portion of Kansas photographer Joseph J. Pennell's life work to be freely available via the University of Kansas Libraries' digital image repository. The Pennell Collection, part of the Kansas Collection at KU's Kenneth Spencer Research Library, provides a comprehensive view of life in Junction City, Kan., at the turn of the 20th century. The collection includes more than 30,000 glass plate negatives, 6,000 of which have been digitized to allow for online access.

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