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STS is offering a grad-level class in Fall 2018 that might be of interest to those of your students whose work is relevant to science communication, preservation, and museums. It is taught by the Director of the MIT Museum, John Durant. This will be a particularly
interesting time to take this class as plans for the new MIT Museum in Kendall Square are developing swiftly (<a href="http://news.mit.edu/2017/john-durant-plans-new-era-for-the-mit-museum-0927" class="">http://news.mit.edu/2017/john-durant-plans-new-era-for-the-mit-museum-0927</a>).
Students in the class will have an opportunity to work on a project related to the new MIT Museum.
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<b class="">STS.454 Science and Technology in the Museum Environment</b><br class="">
Mondays 1-4 in 4-251 (firs class, Mon., Sept. 10)<br class="">
Units: 3-0-9<br class="">
No prerequisites<br class="">
Examines the ways museums preserve the material culture of science and technology and present it distinctively to a mass audience. Focuses on challenges and opportunities of preserving and presenting science and technology in the museum environment. Students
review recent work in museum studies as it relates specifically to science, medicine, and technology; review a major gallery or exhibition locally; and have an opportunity to participate in a collections- or communications-related research project in the MIT Museum.<br class="">
<i class="">Instructor: </i>John Durant, Adjunct Professor in the Science, Technology, & Society Program, MIT Museum Director<br class="">
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