Museum Training Concentration
In addition to providing a foundation in anthropology, the museum training concentration prepares students for research and careers in the scholarly and curatorial aspects of museum work. In addition to the requirements for the M.A. program:
- 12 - 15 of the student's 36 hours must derive from museum-related courses offered by the Anthropology Department or Museum Studies Program.
- Of these 12 - 15 hours, up to 6 may come from internship credits; most Museum Training concentrators arrange for one or more internships at local museums. (For internship procedures, click here).
- View details of recent museum internships.
Course numbers below are in the format new four-digit number/old three-digit number.
Graduate courses with a museum focus include:
- Anth 6201/230: Anthropology in the Museum
- Anth 6202/231: Museums and the Public: Exhibiting Culture
- Anth 6203/232: Museum Preventive Conservation I
- Anth 6204/233: Museum Preventive Conservation II
- Anth 6205/234: Problems in Conservation
- Anth 6230/236: Internship in Museum Anthropology
- Anth 6508/237: Ethics and Cultural Property
Students may also take courses offered by the Museum Studies Program.
Prof. Jeffrey Blomster is the advisor for students in the museum training concentration and coordinator of museum internships. To contact Dr. Blomster, click here.
GW, Smithsonian Expand Partnership
GW students and faculty now have unprecedented access to the world’s largest museum complex under a new memorandum of understanding between the University and the Smithsonian Institution. The agreement expanded relationships between the Smithsonian and GW’s departments of biology, anthropology and American studies.