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Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum
You can now sign up for our MOOC (Massive Open Online Course): Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum, which will run for 6 weeks from 1st June 2015. Over the last few months we have been working away with our friends and colleagues at National Museums Liverpool on this great new project that […]
Museums Alive!
A guest blog post by Ryan Nutting The PhD students at the University of Leicester School of Museum Studies recently partnered with the Migration Museum Project to present the sixth School of Museum Studies PhD student led conference Museums Alive! Exploring How Museums Behave Like Living Beings 3-5 November. This conference attracted delegates and presenters from 22 […]
The School of Museum Studies at the Museums Association Conference 2014
Posted on behalf of School Manager, Barbara Lloyd: Call me a sentimental old fool if you will, but I was quite sad to be attending my last ever Museums Association conference on the 9th and 10th October in the lovely, if wet, Cardiff. We have been attending the exhibition alongside the conference for many years […]
A most illuminating museum?
This post leaves me open to accusation of being something of a nerd, but never mind, here goes… Museums come in all shapes and sizes, from the large national museums to the tiniest community-led, subject-specialist and village museums. They cover all possible subjects offering something for everyone, whether you’re a lover of a dinosaur, a […]
Distance Learning Summer School – Inspiring Students in Three Tenses.
One of the nice things about the School of Museum Studies is the tremendous sense of community. We hope that when our students join us the feel they have become part of that community and that, when they leave us, they remain part of our community and networks. It is true that our students are […]
An international coincidence?
One of the most fascinating things about my job is looking at the background of our distance learning students when they complete their applications to study with us…Where do they come from? What do they do? Why do they want to study with us? Perhaps most striking when looking at all of these things is […]
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