Program Overview

The Summer Institute in Art Museum studies is a co-educational program designed especially for college juniors and seniors and for recent recipients of the B.A. degree who have not yet enrolled in graduate school. Its purpose is to give students a thorough introduction to the world of art museums, to help them understand the basic functions of these institutions—collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting the artistic treasures that are among humanity’s highest achievements.

The program combines classroom instruction, visits to museums, conversation with museum professionals, reading, and hands-on experiences to introduce liberal arts students to the exciting world of art museums at a time when they are exploring next steps after college.

The six-week program is based on the Smith College campus, in Northampton, Massachusetts, and associated with the Smith College Museum of Art. Enrollment will be limited to fifteen participants and is highly competitive.

Generous financial aid in the form of full and partial scholarships is available for students with need.

Dates

SIAMS runs for six weeks. Dates for the 2010 session are June 13 through July 23.

Credentials

A certificate will be awarded to all who complete the program successfully.

Acknowledgments

Smith College is grateful to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, and several individual donors for partial support of this program.

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