From: Museum discussion list on behalf of peggy lindauer
Sent: Mon 10/2/2006 12:42 PM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] PhD in Museum Studies



Dear Colleagues,

Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts is conducting a feasibility study of potential interest in a Ph.D. program in Museum Studies. We are seeking input from museum professionals, museum studies faculty members, and students/graduates of museum studies programs. Please consider the four questions below and respond directly to me (rather than to the list) by October 16th.

Cordially,

Margaret A. Lindauer, Associate Professor
Museum Studies Coordinator
Department of Art History
Virginia Commonwealth University

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1) Among the universities offering a Ph.D. in Museum Studies, none is currently located in the United States. Do you believe such a Ph.D. program should be offered at a university in the US? 

__X__ yes      Oh Yes!  It would be great, and I would be interested in enrolling!

2) Is there a particular aspect of museum work or research that a Ph.D. program should address?  

____ museum education

____ curatorial studies 

____ administration 

____ sociology of museums 

____ historical and/or textual analysis of museum trends 

All of these are appropriate tracks.  I think they should all be offered but I would be most interested in curatorial studies and adinistration (all of them really).

3) For which primary clientele should such a Ph.D. program be designed? 

____ recent baccalaureates 

____ recent graduates of post-baccalaureate degrees or certificates

____ mid-career museum professionals

____ people who hold or intend to hold upper-level administrative positions in museums

____ people who intend to administer and/or teach in a Museum Studies program

Again, all of the above.  I am a post-graduate and am very interested but I am sure there are professionals from all of those categories who would be very interested.  Post-graduates and museum professionals would seem the most likely candidates.

4) Which universities/departments in the US currently offer a Museum Studies track within a discipline-specific PhD program?

I can only think of Universities with a Masters programs  (Middle Tennessee State, George Washington, University of Pennsylvania, and one in Oregon).

We welcome any other comments you would like to offer. 

Meredith Dunham, Curatorial Assistant
Virginia Beach Historic Houses
3131 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Phone: 757-431-4000
Fax: 757-431-3733
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