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MUSE E-599 Past Capstone Titles


  • Adapting Museum Educational Programing to Meet State Curriculum Standards.  A Museum School Collaboration
  • ARTSCAPING NASHVILLE:  Applying the Universal Survey Museum Model to Cheekwood
  • Cultural Heritage and Climate Change: A Kislak Center Emergency Preparedness Plan.  For the Use of the Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College
  • DEMOCRATIZING THE ART MUSEUM: Incorporating Popular Music
  • Disrupting the Past:  A Model Active Collections Policy and Plan for Historic Houses and Museums
  • Land and Memory: History of the “Big A”. Developing a Museum Quality Exhibit for a Park Visitor Center
  • #makeityourown: Integrating museum collections with modern digital culture to create multisensory immersive opportunities that foster active learning among families of K-12 audiences through multimedia storytelling
  • Museum Theatre Development: An Introduction to Museum Theatre Course
  • Nature Play and Stone Zoo. Fostering Engagement and Awareness Through Outdoor Play
  • A Sensory Experience: Best Practices for accommodating Museum visitors with sensory processing challenges
  • Sin Was Legal in Tucson: Revealing the Territorial Period.  Creating an immersive exhibition for the Presidio Museum on Tucson’s Territorial Period to broaden the museum’s interpretation and attract a more diverse audience, by 
  • “Still, We Are Here”: Developing an Exhibit Proposal on the Massachusetts Tribe
  • The Awe Factor: Internally Integrating Storytelling Throughout the Museum
  • “We’ve Always Been Here”: Interpreting Queer History at Historic House Museums
  • The Apsáalooke Way: How the Museum of the Beartooths can improve indigenous representation and inclusion through collaboration with the local Apsáalooke tribe.
  • The Art Museum’s Role in Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Development of a Skills-Based Activity about Viruses and Cells for Science Museum Visitors
  • Engaging Marginalized and Growing Populations in Horry County Through Contemporary Collecting
  • Engaging Museum Visitors Through Dance
  • Exhibition Design by Learning Objectives
  • The Flexible Guide: Research-Based Tool to Enhance Museum Learning and Relevance for Tourist Visitors
  • From Curating the Walls to Curating Experiences, Connections and Identity: Bermudian Museums and Local Millennials 
  • How museums can improve wellbeing in new immigrant and refugee communities through participation in inclusive arts programs. Case Study: Toronto 
  • Human Body Plastinate Exhibitions: Educational or Sensational? The Ethical Challenges of Body Worlds and Bodies the Exhibition
  • Improving Health Outcomes for Senior Populations By Engaging in Museum Experiences
  • A Monumental Responsibility: The Logistics behind Accessioning Confederate Monuments, Statues, and Relics into Museum Collections
  • The Need for Community Involvement in Collections Management: Active Collections and the Framingham History Center
  • Open House: Leveraging Digital Tools to Increase Access to Historic House Museums 
  • Opening The Gates: Exploring Interpretation and Partnerships as a Catalyst  for Relevance in Oakland’s Historic House Museums 
  • Participatory Art: Methodologies for Social Inclusion in the Twenty-First Century Museum Field
  • Proposal for an Interactive Educational Museum Experience in the Archeological Site of Tulum, Mexico
  • Reimagining Guided Tours: Working Towards More Relevant and Sustainable Museums by Embracing New Voices and Perspectives
  • Revitalizing and Maintaining Small, Orphaned, and Low-use Herbaria
  • Roles and Responsibilities of Museumsin the Safeguarding of Living Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • SFMOMA’s Expansion: Boost or Bust?
  • Storage Touch Tours A New Experience for Museum Visitor
  • Transparency is the Answer: Maintaining Trust and Building Audience Support for Museums in the Twenty-First Century
  • The Use of Museum Art Collections to Achieve Impact
  • ¡Y, uno! (And, one!) Reconnecting Diasporic Communities to their Home Countries through the Musical Tradition of Puerto Rican Bomba: An Exhibition Design Proposal
  • Art on Campus: How University Art Museums Can Fulfill Educational Missions and Make Broad Impacts Through Campus Lending
  • A Broader Reach: Designing a Classroom-Based Lesson Plan Template for Art Museums
  • Contemporary Art: Public & Institutional Perceptions
  • Diversifying Museums’ Staffs: Ensuring the Next Generation is Represented
  • Drier Futures: Water Conservation and Drought Resilience Planning for Museums
  • Human Remains Policies for Museums: Who Needs One, Who Has One, and How Do You Create One?
  • Lesotho: Voices Distant But Clear: An Exhibition Proposal
  • Local: A Cultural Approach to Climate Change Exhibits
  • Planning for Disaster is not just Disaster Planning: The Need for Museum Business Continuity Planning and Resilience Development as Highlighted by the SARS-CoV2 Pandemic
  • Quarantining Collections as We Quarantine Ourselves: Monitoring & Mitigating Pests

 

  • The Art of Caring: An Empathetic Museum for the Twenty-First Century
  • Bears Ears National Monument: The Issues Surrounding Native American Representation and Cultural Heritage Preservation
  • Bridging the Culture Gap at LAMs for More Meaningful Collaboration
  • Deaccessioning in Natural History Museums
  • Establishing Financially Sustainable Programming: Are Free Admission Days Financially Sustainable?
  • The Price of Truth: How Fundraising for Provenance Research and Potential Restitution Costs Could Change the Future of Prominent Museums
  • Resiliency in a Time of Crisis: Digital and Hybrid Strategies for Modern Museum Partnerships
  • Symbols of Heritage or Monuments to Oppression: The Future of Confederate Iconography
  • Think Globally, Act Locally: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Armed Conflict Zones