Great Courses
This curated collection gathers premier university lecture series, museum-produced MOOCs, and specialized professional training in Museum Studies. These courses go beyond introductory surveys to offer structured audiovisual deep dives into curatorial practice, collections care, visitor learning theory, digital transformation, and heritage protection.
- Museum History, Theory & Institutional Governance
- Curatorial Practice, Interpretation & Material Culture
- Museum Education, Inquiry & Community Engagement
- Collections Care, Conservation & Storage Management
- Cultural Property Law, Art Crime & Repatriation
- Digital Heritage & Collections Technology
Museum History, Theory & Institutional Governance
- Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum (FutureLearn / University of Leicester & National Museums Liverpool)
- Arts and Heritage Management (Coursera / Università Bocconi)
Curatorial Practice, Interpretation & Material Culture
- Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the Stuff Around You (edX / Harvard University)
- Modern Art & Ideas (Coursera / The Museum of Modern Art)
- Seeing Through Photographs (Coursera / The Museum of Modern Art)
Museum Education, Inquiry & Community Engagement
- Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom (Coursera / The Museum of Modern Art)
- Creating Meaningful and Inclusive Museum Practices (FutureLearn / International Council of Museums - ICOM)
- Using Museums to Develop Learning (FutureLearn / University of Glasgow)
- Interdisciplinary Teaching with Museum Objects (edX / Smithsonian Institution)
Collections Care, Conservation & Storage Management
- C2C Care Course: Keeping Collections Safe in Storage (Connecting to Collections Care / Foundation for Advancement in Conservation)
- C2C Care Course: Planning Your RE-ORG Project (Connecting to Collections Care / Canadian Conservation Institute & ICCROM)
Cultural Property Law, Art Crime & Repatriation
- Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime (FutureLearn / University of Glasgow)
- Preventing Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property (UNESCO OpenLearning / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
- National NAGPRA Program Video Training Series (YouTube / National Park Service)