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130x50 Welcome - Museum studies, sometimes called museology, is the field that encompasses the ideas and issues involved in the museum profession—from the practical, day-to-day skills needed to operate a museum to theories on the societal role of museums.
The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies (SCEMS) assists the museum community in acquiring and strengthening its understandings and practices of museology. This website is one of the Center's tools for serving the educational and informational needs of the field.
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Recent Event: “Listening Across Differences”
“Listening Across Differences"
S. Dillon Ripley Center’s lecture hall (Washington DC)
Friday, September 25, 10 am

Smithsonian staff and museum colleagues are invited to attend (in person or streamed live on this website) “Listening Across Differences,” a presentation by Martha Norkunas. Dr. Norkunas is a professor in the Public History Program at Middle Tennessee State University. She works with schools, museums, historic sites, and nonprofit institutions on projects that document the lives of African Americans, women, and people in the labor movement. Her recent work includes the African American Oral History Project and Interpreting the Texas Past.


Replay available here.
G. Brown Goode Smithsonian Education Lecture Series (info)
G. Brown Goode “Forces Shaping the Future of Museums: Visitors”
Dr. Colette Dufresne-Tassé
Dr. Sue Allen

Replay available here.

“Through the Looking Glass: Museums and Internet-Based Transparency”
Dr. Maxwell Anderson
Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art

Replay available here.
Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits

The National Research Council’s new study:
Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits

The National Science Resources Center, in partnership with the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, hosts a Smithsonian Institution Research-Dissemination Forum to discuss the findings of this new report

Replay available here.

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130x50 Museum Studies Training and Careers
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Fellowships in Museum Practice
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130x50   Museology Resources
Find professional associations and special interest groups, on-line references, bibliographies, curriculum tools and materials, and much more.
130x50   Museum Studies Webcast Archives
Watch past presentations hosted by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies on topics relating to museology.
2010 Fellows in Museum Practice

Christian Holtorf, MA
Head, Department for Academic and Public Programs
 Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden

Title of Study: The Impact of Public Lectures on the Production of Knowledge.A Case-Study: Representations of Arctic Research at the Smithsonian Institution from the 19th Century to the Present.

George E. Hein, PhD. 
Professor Emeritus
Lesley University Cambridge, MA

Title of Study:    Democracy and Museums: The Social Responsibility of Museums

Jooyeon Han
Educator
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Title of Study : From Collecting to Sharing: Grass-roots museums culture and public education

 
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