I would absolutely love to work in the education department of a museum. The way I see it, there’s nothing better than showing the public around the past, the present, and potentially the future of human society. And I especially love teaching to children, because they very literally are the future of our museums! However,…
Read MoreWhat makes a Natural History Museum different than other types of museums? Obviously, natural history museums have the largest collection of items among museums – they deal with not only the history of the natural world, but also the present. But they also have a ton of different categories to cover! Animals of the region…
Read MoreAs someone who literally searches out museums wherever I go, I actually find this a little harder to answer than I thought I would! I suppose the easy answer of what a museum is, for me, is, “a facility that the public can visit that holds a collection of artifacts or objects that showcase the…
Read MoreHello everyone! My name is Amy Gauger, and I’m a mom of 5 just trying to finish this degree. I’m dual majoring in history and anthropology, which makes this Museums course a no-brainer. I absolutely adore museums, and make it a point to visit one everywhere I go. Sometimes this means amazing museums (the British…
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