Peter,
Although you probably have finished your advising of new students, I wanted to let you know that we have two classes with openings for additional students. The Memorial Museum class really is fantastic, and I think would be especially interesting to students in Public History.
Course ID#: G49.3330
Section: 1
Topics in Museum Studies: Creating a Memorial Museum
Wednesday, 6:00-9:00
4 points.
This course examines the creation of a new museum, with a specific focus on the development of the future National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center. The course looks at the processes of building a new institution, and considers how a museum’s site, architecture, exhibitions, collections, programming, and audience shape and reflect its mission. Readings and discussions focus on the theoretical underpinnings of memorializing and history making, comparative museums and exhibitions, and 9/11 chronicles and resources. Students will develop weekly writing assignments, which will often take the form of a position paper, and will produce a final creative research paper of project. This project will combine a student-initiated proposal for an exhibition topic or component with archival research.
Course ID#: G49.2225
Museums and Interactive Technologies
Thursday, 6:30-9:30
4 points.
This course will present a survey and analysis of museum use of interactive technologies. Among the topics to be discussed in detail are strategies and tools for collections management, exhibitions, educational resources and programs, website design, digitization projects, and legal issues arising from the use of these technologies. Each student will develop an interactive project in an area of special interest.
Best regards,
Bruce
Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://aphdigital.org
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html