Last Friday was Museology鈥檚 annual 聽Internship Fair, where local museums and cultural organizations came together to chat with our students about internships, projects, and initiatives at their institutions. It was also a chance for students to connect with local museum professionals and get to know a little more about the organizations in our region. We had a huge showing of support from our local community of museums, with representatives from 32 institutions. It seemed like every cross-section of our field…
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Orientation Reflections: Welcoming the Class of 2019
While orientation marks the end of my summer, it is a time I look forward to, when I have the opportunity to get to know our incoming cohort of students, beyond just an application, a few emails, and maybe a brief visit. This group represents a range of interests, experience, and goals 鈥� with 35 students hailing from 18 states, holding degrees in 21 different majors, and interests in all aspects of the museum field. Yet beyond their individual personalities,…
Congratulations, Class of 2017!
On June 9, friends, family, faculty, instructors, supervisors, and supporters of Museology鈥檚 graduates gathered at the 痳豆在线 for the Class of 2017鈥檚 Graduation Ceremony to celebrate all that this cohort has accomplished during their two years at UW. 聽As Jessica Luke, Program Director, pointed out during the graduation ceremony, the numbers behind this group are impressive. Collectively, this cohort has been active across many domains: 572 courses taken during their two years. 41 different institutions where they completed…
Museology at AAM
Museology students and alumni were out in full force at this year鈥檚 American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. AAM is a national professional organization for individuals working in museums, and their annual meeting is the largest gathering of museum professionals in the world, with over 4,200 attendees this year. The theme of this year鈥檚 conference was around diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in museums, and the passion for this topic was palpable. While the scale…
Conversations with Margaret Middleton and Joe Heimlich
This Spring, Museology has hosted a series of informal conversations with visiting museum professionals. Our faculty invited some friends and colleagues to chat with our students about their current work, as well as their career paths. We鈥檝e been delighted with the conversations we鈥檝e had, as their unscripted responses and personal insights illuminate the paths that they took to get to where they are today, and what inspires them to make a difference in museums. On March 31, we were joined…
American Alliance of Museums Career Lab
On February 11, second-year Museology students had the opportunity to attend a career lab with Greg Stevens, the Assistant Director of Professional Development at the American Alliance of Museums–or, as Greg calls it, 鈥渢he Mothership.鈥� During this event, Greg worked with students to build their 鈥渃areer toolkit鈥� by learning best practices for cover letters, job applications, networking, resumes, and interviews. The event was a mix of lecture, discussion, and Q&A format, leading to a collaborative atmosphere that helped students feel…