Danielle Raad, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History and Museum Studies

Museum Education

University of Georgia · Instructor of Record

Drawing supplies in the gallery of plaster casts at the Nasjonalmuseet (National Museum) in Oslo, Norway, 2024.

Semesters: Spring 2026, Spring 2027

Museums can be powerful spaces of learning. This course examines the role of museum educators in connecting collections to diverse audiences. Students engage with scholarship on object-based pedagogies and apply methodologies into practice, critiquing and developing educational content for students, families, and adult learners across varied formats and settings.

Course Codes: MUSE 5720/7720

Course Topics

Topics include:

Foundations of Museum Education
Slow Looking and Object-Based Learning
Guided Tours and Gallery Activities
Academic Museums and Campus Outreach
Younger Audiences, K-12 Youth and School Programs, and Lesson Planning
Public Programming and Assessing Outcomes
Critical Practices and Decolonizing Museum Pedagogies

In Spring 2026, this course ran as a special topic “Studies in American History” seminar under the course code HIST 4000/6000. Starting Spring 2027, it is a new course with the code MUSE 5720/7720.