Happy New Year everyone!
We have 18 courses on the schedule for 2026 and more coming. You can check the full schedule here: https://www.museumstudy.com/course-schedule
In February we have two courses; Creating Exhibitions Through the Collective and Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections both begin on Monday February 2.
Creating Exhibitions Through the Collective course begins February 2 on MuseumStudy.com
Cocuration is currently a buzz word in the museum world, but what is it and how do you do it? Join Instructor Saul Sopoci Drake for this 4 week online professional development course.
Do you want to create an exhibit that utilizes your community? For those of you have have participated in our Decolonizing, Repatriation, or Community Engagement courses this might be a good next step.
If so, Creating Exhibitions through the Collective is for you. This class will be focused on community co-curation. We will investigate how community involvement during all stages of the exhibit development process can lead to more interpretation that is credible, community empowerment, and advocacy. Tips and strategies will be provided to build sustainable frameworks for this type of engagement.
For more information visit our website and view the instructor's video introduction: https://www.museumstudy.com/creating-exhibitions-through-the-collective
Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections online course begins Feb 3 on MuseumStudy.com
Is your resolution to finally get that unmanaged or neglected collection under control?
Join instructor Angela Kipp for the 4 week online course Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections. Working with a previously unmanaged collection is one of the most challenging and rewarding projects in the career of a museum professional. Challenging because of the variety of issues like leaking roofs, missing documentation and the question as to whether there is actually a floor underneath those piles of objects. Rewarding because of the variety of new discoveries and the skills that are learned, along with the satisfying feeling of getting things done.
The process of securing the collection and making it accessible needs the mindset of a collections manager as well as the one of a project manager. This 4 week course helps you to get a grip on your unmanaged collection by developing a plan to tackle it, defining achievable goals by creating logical exits and finding ways to keep the project going even if you are limited in time, staff and money.
We will be using the new Second Edition of Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections that came out a year ago, but if you have the First Edition you can use that too.
If you missed the webinar Angela Kipp led through Museum Study on November 19, 2024, What's new in the Second Edition of Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections, here is the link to the recording on our YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/1s2BOt8S17M?si=Q26tVXWXXcsLveUd
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/managing-previously-unmanaged-collections
As always, if you have any questions let us know.
Brad Bredehoft