Spring 2027 Courses
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ARTH584
Instructor: Eileen Rafferty, MMAC Photographer/Registrar
Consent of Instructor Required. Flexibility in scheduled class dates and times may be permitted with instructor approval.
Museums obtain new acquisitions through donations, gifts or bequests. Accessioning is the process of transitioning artwork into a Museum's Permanent Collection.
Students will learn the workflow of Accessioning, including presenting to Collections Committees, inventory and legal documentation, transporting, photographing and
cataloguing. This is essential for each piece of artwork to ensure its proper record and storage in the Permanent Collection.
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ARTH584
Instructor: Katrina Derieg, Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum Curator and Museum Collections & Outreach Coordinator
This course has two goals: firstly to introduce students to the history, preparation, curation, and scientific use of natural history collections; and secondly to familiarize them with the basic structure and management of data associated with museum collections. The course will be leaning on vertebrate zoological collections as examples for both goals, as they involve complex physical and data curation. However, the core concepts are transferrable to different types of collections, with different practices and purposes, across disciplines.
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ARTH584
Instructor: Anne Caprez, MMAC Docent
This online virtual course provides a deep understanding of museum docent programs’ organization and value. Docents are a museum’s ambassadors to the public, delivering tangible and intangible value to the museum. This course is intended for anyone currently engaged with a museum’s docent program or wanting to develop one. Students will gain a deep understanding of the docent’s role and value, including the essential components of a successful docent program; learn effective techniques by which docents engage with visitors of several types; and gain a solid understanding of how a docent program fits in the overall museum organization.