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Museum Studies | Corcoran School of the Arts & Design | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University One of the nation’s most prestigious museum studies programs, in the heart of the nation’s capital.

This Wednesday, join Randi Korn and Emlyn Koster in a virtual conversation as they discuss museums’ relevance and purpose with a focus on museums being good ancestors in a disrupted world. Presented by The GWU Museum in partnership with the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries, the "Museums Today Series" brings together museum leaders each month to discuss some of the most important issues in museums.

Join the discussion this Wednesday, March 23 @ 6:00 PM EST. Register via the link.

Museums Today: Museums Becoming Good Ancestors in This Disrupted World | The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum | The George Washington University   Randi Korn and Emlyn Koster discuss museums’ relevance and purpose with a long-view perspective of our world and our impact on it.  To be “a good ancestor” is an outlook that originated with Dakota elders. With similar aspirations, a century ago John Cotton Dana urged museums to fit themse...

Our very own Suse Anderson is quoted by NPR on the Louvre's recent, massive digitation announcement:

"This has to be coming up against these questions around restitution and repatriation and thinking about what the digitization of cultural heritage means within a context that is contested"

Check out the full article below!

Not Heading To Paris This Summer? The Louvre Has Digitized 482,000 Artworks One of the world's mightiest museums has made much of its vast collection available online. The Louvre steers digital visitors well beyond marquee works like the Mona Lisa to reveal hidden treasures.

March is Women's History Month! To celebrate, we suggest taking a look at NMWA's sixth year of the campaign , which encourages art institutions to focus on women artists year-round.

About #5WomenArtists | National Museum of Women in the Arts Learn about our social media campaign & how you can take part! The campaign raises awareness about gender inequity in the art world & beyond.

It's the first day of ! You don't have to be in D.C. to be a museum advocate, though. Go check out AAM's tools for advocacy at the link below to Advocate from Anywhere, year-round!

https://www.aam-us.org/programs/advocacy/advocate-from-anywhere/

This week! r/museumpros and AAM are teaming up for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit from 3 to 5 PM EST. To follow and participate, visit the community on Reddit.

https://www.aam-us.org/event/reddit-ask-me-anything-ama-on-museums-advocacy/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumPros/

Registration is now open for this panel from SEAMD where the speakers will address uses of deaccession proceeds, and the consequences of deaccessioning to the institutions and the broader communities they serve. There will be a Q&A so bring your questions and register at the link below!

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IazTv09_RBWw6pgipkULIA

Shoutout to all our students and alumni navigating the shift to virtual internships, everyone's been doing amazing work!

This talk from the AAM addresses the pros and cons of virtual internships and makes a case for museums to continue offering virtual internships in addition to traditional, in-person internships.

Virtual Internships Are Here to Stay—and That’s a Good Thing Amid the challenges of 2020, one of the most successful learning experiences for me was pivoting to a 100 percent remote internship program at the National Gallery of Art. When I began planning to …

Happy Black History Month! If you're looking for a socially distanced, museum-minded way to celebrate, consider heading over to the Anacostia Community Museum.

A super relevant conversation presented by the American Alliance of Museum’s Museum Studies Network. Some of the topics discussed include overcoming obstacles to systemic change and helping current students build resiliency!

MSN Conversation #3: Making the Future Museum We Want, October 28, 2020 View a recording of “MSN Conversation #3: Making the Future Museum We Want” presented by American Alliance of Museum (AAM)’s Museum Studies Network on Wednes...