ARH 220: Visual and Curatorial Studies

Goal: Introductory understanding of visual and curatorial studies within museum operations and emerging issues utilizing Wesleyan’s Art collection as a resource for hands-on experiences.
Content: Museums preserve, collect, display and study their collections for the good of society and the engagement of their community. Wesleyan’s Art collection will provide opportunities for professional experiences in documentation, collection care and conservation, research, storage, handling objects, interpretation and exhibition from development to evaluation methods. The Art collection will serve as primary sources for interpretation including reflections on the politics of race, class and gender as well as individual, community, and national identities to create meaning.
Credit: 3
Degree Level: Undergraduate