Teaching Archives and Museum Studies: Using Collections in the Classroom to Enhance Learning Outcomes

Abstract

This paper discusses teaching an upper-division art history undergraduate course within a special collections and university archives unit of the university’s library. It highlights using primary source and rare materials to align the course learning outcomes with the practical cultural heritage work of archives, work that is done across libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs), and underscoring the synergy between academic teaching and archival practice.

Keywords

museums–study and teaching (higher)archives subject focus teaching with primary sources case study undergraduate education practicum staff and volunteers

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