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Adelphi University Launches New Museum Studies Certificate Program

Garden City, NY (05/09/2023) — Beginning in Fall 2023, Adelphi University will offer a new interdisciplinary, 22-credit Museum Studies program to current and prospective undergraduate students.

The certificate program is open to students in any major and prepares them for career opportunities in a variety of cultural institutions and/or for graduate studies. It leverages the expertise and strengths of two departments in the University's College of Arts and Sciences - anthropology and art and art history - and also incorporates courses in chemistry as well as classes in accounting, management, and marketing departments offered by Adelphi's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business.

"Our program offers exciting opportunities for hands-on and real-life experiences within a network of Long Island and New York museums, historic houses, galleries, conservation labs or cultural institutions," note professors Maya Muratov and Hanna Kim, program co-directors.
Depending on their academic major(s) or minor(s) and their career aspirations, students can choose from three tracks:

Pre-Curatorial in Anthropology or Art History, which prepares students for jobs in museums, galleries, auction houses and publishing or for MA or PhD programs in either discipline.

Collections Care and Pre-Conservation provides students with training as art handlers, collection managers, registrars and technicians - potentially leading to careers in museums, galleries, auction houses or libraries. Students in this track will also be ready to pursue advanced degrees in conservation and historic preservation.

Museum/Gallery Administration and Management prepares students for careers in museums, galleries, auction houses, libraries and nonprofit public and private organizations in the areas of development, marketing and administration.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "overall employment of archivists, curators, and museum workers is projected to grow 12 percent from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations."

To learn more about Adelphi's new Museum Studies Undergraduate Certificate, register for the upcoming information session on May 10 or visit adelphi.edu/programs/museum-studies.

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Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training at the undergraduate and graduate level with particular strength in our Core Four-Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.

Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves more than 7,250 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York-just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities-and at dynamic learning hubs in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.

More than 119,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities, and the world.

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Adelphi University will offer a new interdisciplinary, 22-credit Museum Studies program to current and prospective undergraduate students. (Claudio Papapietro)

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