Seminar: Topics in Museum Exhibits

Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - May be repeated for credit as topics change. Considers and uses the methods and tools of curators and other museum professionals in gallery arrangement and exhibition-making. Taught around specific projects, with visits to museums and meetings with practitioners as can be arranged. Topic for Spring 2026, Section A1: Curating Islamic Art. This seminar interrogates the curation of global Islamic art and the history of museums through an anti-racist-anti-Islamophobia lens. Students learn how museums buy and store art, how exhibitions are developed, how to work with contemporary artists and more.