28 THE MUSEUM PROVIDES ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES for students and our broader communities to think critically about art and the institutions that present and interpret collections. Through academic programs, we engage, inspire and support students as they discover the world of museums and their own potential to influence the cultural sector as professionals and participants. Likewise, students provide fresh perspectives on our collection and its evolving relevance, and push us to align our practices with emerging practices. This year, hundreds of students studying topics from across the college curriculum visited the museum to look closely, think deeply and share with one another their own interpretations and reflections. These visits are carefully designed to support faculty learning goals and to make specific connections to course material. Museum Grants for Curricular Integration offer additional opportunities for faculty to develop more extensive course components that integrate collection-based teaching, as well as opportunities to bring the work and practice of museums into college-level learning. The Museums Concentration continues to provide intellectual space for considering the role of museums in society and the responsibilities these institutions face in a changing world. Through a combination of academic and experiential learning, students examine how museums function and every year they produce ambitious projects that advocate for ways in which collecting institutions can continue to be relevant moving forward. This year, such critical thinking was opened up to our full campus com- munity through a new series of programs presented under the header of “Museums Today” and facilitated in collaboration with Museums Concentrators. Smith College alumnae working in museums and other cultural organizations serve as key partners in supporting the experiential learning goals of the Museums Concentration by sponsoring internships and generously meeting with students. SCMA has the potential to also serve as a strong point of connection for this network of Smith professionals—something we will be exploring in the coming years in collaboration with the Office of Alumnae Relations. ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT LOOK CLOSELY, THINK DEEPLY: TEACHING AND LEARNING AT SCMA BELOW: Associate Educator Charlene Shang Miller teaching a Smith class in the Art After 1800 gallery