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Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum

Suzanne MacLeod
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Engaging museum course

This course on the 21st century museum is an insightful and engaging class suited for individuals interested in the role museums play on social issues. The course successfully combines videos, text, and supplemental resources and features a lively discussion board.
Course advocate for museums as a force for social justice.
"If you are in the market for a class on the museum as a force for social justice, this is the course for you -- its advocacy is passionate, deep, and compellingly expressed."
Lively and active discussion board.
"Terrific student discussion board, the best I've experienced (although entirely unmoderated, with no involvement by the course providers, and no apparent way to get questions answered)."
Course is a great and free introduction to museum studies.
"Fantastic 6 week course!"
"Couldn't believe it was free!"
Course content is interesting and inspiring.
"The content is interesting and inspiring."
"In addition, I found many practical take-aways that I noted for future use."
"Good use of text, video, and supplementary sources."
Course is time-consuming if you engage with all materials.
"I delved into all the supplementary material and was active on the discussion board, which explains the high time commitment -- you can certainly spend less time on this course if you would prefer."

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Suzanne MacLeod
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