Museum Studies, Minor

This program combines archaeology and socio-cultural anthropology along with collaborations with sociologists, geographers, archivists, art historians, and others. The Museum Studies Minor boasts an innovative concentration in museum, tourism, and heritage studies and offers a hands-on approach to learning.The "culture sector"---museums, arts, preservation and creative industries---is experiencing worldwide growth, and our department is committed to preparing a new generation of highly skilled applied anthropologists for cultural and museological positions in the non-profit and for-profit sectors. This includes jobs in curation, historic preservation, fine arts management, visitor studies, consulting, and non-profit/NGO work. Combining archaeology and socio-cultural anthropology, and collaborating broadly across West Chester University, the Museum Studies Minor offers a hands-on approach to learning that draws on the rich array of the area's resources, and provides internships and opportunities to work with the exhibits and collections