There is still room in the online Introduction to Museums
course that starts Monday.

MS101: Introduction to Museums
Dates: Mar 29 through  May 14, 2010
Price: $475                   
Instructor: Kiersten Latham
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
The United States is blessed with more than 10,000 museums.
We can only guess at the world's total. While most people
think of a well-staffed, professionally run institution,
the vast majority of museums are started and run by people
with little or no basic training in museum studies or
preservation. Introduction to Museums is crafted to change
that. The course introduces basic concepts, terminology and
the role of various staff members, including curators,
registrars and directors. Introduction to Museums is aimed
at board members, interns and volunteers, as well as anyone
interested in becoming a museum professional or learning
more about the profession.

Course Outline
Week 1. Introduction
Week 2. What is a Museum?
Week 3. The History and Future of Museums
Week 4. Models of Museums
Week 5. Models of Museums (cont.)
Week 6. Roles in the Museum
Week 7. Conclusion

Text Book:
Museums in Motion by Alexander Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira
Press (1996)
(FYI portions of this book are available at Google books;
you may also use hte new version from 2007)

Logistics:
Participants in Introduction to Museums work through
sections at their own pace. Instructor Kiersten F. Latham
is available for scheduled email support. Materials and
resources include online literature and dialog between
students and online chats led by the instructor. The course
is limited to 20 participants.

Introduction to Museums runs four weeks. To reserve a spot
in the course, please pay at
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have
trouble please contact Helen Alten at
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The Instructor:
Kiersten F. Latham teaches museum management for the
Michigan State University MS program as well as museum
studies courses in the Bowling Green State University
(Ohio) Public History program. Recently, she was the acting
coordinator of the museum studies program at the University
of Kansas. She has nearly 20 years of experience working in
museums including as the curator of collections at the
Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center. Her interests include
the meaning of objects, philosophy and history of the
museum, and psychology of visitor experiences. She has
worked in history, art, anthropology, science and
children's museums as an academic and professional.

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