Museum Studies Program Records
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Abstract
New York University's Museum Studies Program is part of the Graduate School of Arts and Science. The program offers an interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Museum Studies and an Advanced Certificate in Museum Studies on the theory and practice of museum work, training its students in traditional museum disciplines such as research and writing, collecting and connoisseurship, registration and cataloging, and curatorial care for collections. This collection consists of materials created and collected by the Museum Studies Program between 1975 and 2011 documenting the program's internal administration, academic curriculum, sponsored events, and scholarly output. Materials include newspaper clippings, brochures, meeting agendas and minutes, memoranda and correspondence, and press releases.
Historical Note
Since 1978, the Program in Museum Studies at New York University has offered a course of interdisciplinary study in the contemporary theory and practice of museum work. As part of the Graduate School of Arts and Science, students receive a broad foundation in the history and theory of museums, the creation and maintenance of exhibitions and collections, and museum management. They also pursue personal programs of study supporting individual academic and career objectives. Faculty are specialized in various academic fields whose work engages museum theory and practice, and students are trained to perform a variety of roles within all types of museums. The Museum Studies Program offers a Master of Arts degree in Museum Studies; an Advanced Certificate in Museum Studies; and a Concentration in Museum Studies to those enrolled for a Master's degree in Africana Studies, Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Near Eastern Studies. Dr. Flora S. Kaplan was the program's founding director from 1978 through 1999, and continued her involvement as Professor Emerita until her passing in 2021.
Source Cited:
"Graduate Program in Museum Studies." Graduate Program, Program in Museum Studies, accessed August 29, 2024, https://as.nyu.edu/departments/museumstudies/graduate.html.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into seven series. The series arrangement is as follows:
Series I. Governance
Series II. Administration
Series III. Courses
Series IV. Faculty and Staff
Series V. Grants, Fellowships, and Fundraising
Series VI. Publications
Series VII. Events and Publicity
Each series is arranged chronologically except for series VI, which is arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials created and collected by New York University's program in Museum Studies between 1975-2011, documenting the program's internal administration, academic curriculum, sponsored events, and scholarly output. Materials include newspaper clippings, brochures describing the academic program, meeting agenda and minutes, memoranda and correspondence regarding student admissions and internships, press releases announcing sponsored events and publications by faculty, course syllabi, and memoranda and correspondence concerning NYU's Faculty of Arts and Science. This collection also includes materials documenting the program's administrative operations, including reports, correspondence, and memoranda regarding budgets, financial aid, personnel, and grant-funding.
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Conditions Governing Access
Administrative records and unpublished reports of New York University are closed for a period of 20 years from the date of their creation (materials in box 18). Access to files spanning multiple years will be opened to researchers based on the date of the most recent materials. Board of Trustees records are closed for 35 years from the date of creation. Materials related to personnel, grievances, job and fellowship searches and applications, and all files that fall under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) are permanently restricted. Additional restrictions may apply to other materials in this collection. For questions regarding specific restrictions, please contact the University Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the Museum Studies Program name are maintained by New York University. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from New York University Archives. Please contact special.collections@nyu.edu.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Museum Studies Program Records; RG 20.4; box number; folder number or item identifier; New York University Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred by Tatiana Kamorina on behalf of the Museum Studies program in August 2018; the accession number associated with this transfer is 2018.002. In September 2019 an accretion was transferred by Program Administrator Candace Laning; the accession number associated with this gift is 2019.097.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning materials were described on the collection-level; no other arrangement, description, or physical interventions took place.
During processing, materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes. Oversized materials were placed in flat boxes and/or flat file folders. Many items were removed from non-archival sleeves. Duplicate publications and documents, publications available online, documents with sensitive personal information, documents related to personnel, and documents related to individual students and faculty candidates were removed.