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Museum Studies

About Museum Studies

The field that encompasses the ideas & 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 -- from the Smithsonian
 

image of a staircase

Image: Gehry stairs, Art Gallery of Ontario. Ian Muttoo

Life in the museum studies program

Logo for MUSINGS, the Museum Studies Blog. MUSINGS is written in all caps, with MUSINGS' logo, a deer with a crown on its head and a falcon on its back. The students and faculty in the Museum Studies program at U of T
publish a fascinating blog, consisting of many regular columns,
with the intent of providing "...a platform for opinions, critiques,
and discussions of contemporary museum* practices by
emerging museum professionals."

Acknowledgements

This guide is currently maintained by Judith Logan. It was previously curated by Yoonhee Lee, and before her, Nalini K. Singh.  Please send any suggestions, comments, and reports of broken links to judith.logan@utoronto.ca 

  • Fall 2024 update: Johanna Hill
  • Fall 2022 update: Samantha Zani, TALInt student
  • Fall 2021 update: Alicia Lee, TALInt student
  • Fall 2020 update: Alicia Lee, TALInt student
  • Fall 2019 update:  Hanna Schacter, Inforum student assistant
  • Fall 2018 update:  Phoebe Burke, Inforum student assistant
  • Prof. Irina Mihalache provided advice on the structure of the guide
  • Laura Robb, MMSt 2012 & graduate library student assistant at Robarts Library (2012), worked on the first iteration of this guide.