Category: Classes

5 people standing in a museum display with a canoe smile while holding dusting tools.
Posted on June 8th, 2023 in Classes, Students, Teaching by Laura Holzman

By Marissa Hamm “…the Ziibiwing Center staff, both past and present, hold a collective sense about Ziibiwing’s creation. It is a ‘community project’–a ‘we’ effort instead of an individual one.” (Lonetree 2012, 129) During the first day of class, Dr. Holly Cusack-McVeigh made two things clear: one, we would come to know one another well …

Read More


Webinar screen shot featuring a slide that says "Museum 9 to 5: What a way to make a livin'!"
Posted on May 12th, 2023 in Alumni, Classes, Events, Students by Laura Holzman

The 2023 graduating cohort of Museum Studies MA students organized a panel discussion about labor and labor equity in museums and related fields. Panelists: Jamillah R. Gabriel (MSTD MA ’16), Critical Pedagogy Research Librarian, Harvard University Martha Morris,  Associate Professor Emerita, George Washington University Anna Smyrl, Museum Assistant, Historical Museum at Fort Missoula; Secretary, Historical Museum at Fort …

Read More