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M.A. in Museum Studies

The Museum Studies program is offered by Marist College and Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici at the Marist-LdM Florence Branch Campus in Italy. This degree program has been designed to meet the academic needs of qualified students from around the world.

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Duration

1 year

Starting Date

August

Tuition Fee

$1,030 per credit

Location

Poughkeepsie, United States

About the program

The Museum Studies program offered by Marist College is an interdisciplinary advanced degree program which aims to provide students with a combination of significant hands-on practical experiences and an understanding of how museums operate within their social and cultural contexts.

Drawing on faculty from the U.S., U.K., and continental Europe, courses are taught using a variety of innovative methods, yet they share two fundamental core principles which are embedded in the program’s philosophy: 1) museums’ engagement with the public is paramount and 2) museums vary greatly across the globe and therefore must be studied from an international comparative perspective.

Located in Florence, Italy, one of the world’s most important museum centers, the program offers unparalleled learning and internship opportunities. Guest lectures by museum professionals expose students to a wide variety of international perspectives, widening their horizons while visits to museums, historical monuments, archives, libraries, and relevant non-profit institutions essentially use Florence as a classroom, integrating students within the city and offering them hands-on exposure to real-world museum research and practices. Both the lectures and the visits facilitate the important transition from student to museum professional at the finish of their degree program.

The program, which is taught in collaboration with the University of Florence and the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, provides a much-needed forum for reflection and debate on museological issues in the city and beyond. As part of that effort, the program sponsors an international conference each year for museum professionals, which M.A. students participate in.