The Museum Studies department provides graduate students with the skills and knowledge necessary to promote and enhance the relationship between museums and the public. In all three graduate museum programs, students take core courses addressing the character of museums, the nature of museum
audiences, current museum practice, and the theory underlying this practice.

Students specialize in the areas of museum exhibition or museum education, or pursue a more general course of study focusing on the interface between the museum and the public. A wide range of concepts, experiences, and approaches are encountered, in formats including lectures, hands-on workshops and studio courses, demonstrations, seminars, internships and practicums.

Museum Studies graduates find career opportunities in a wide range of museums, historic sites, zoos, aquaria, botanic gardens, and professional consultancies in specialist and generalist roles.