Do you want to learn about museums through visiting some of the oldest public museums in the world? Do you want to travel to Rome and Florence with Dr. Raad next June and earn Museum Studies or History elective credits?

"Museum Studies in Italy" is a brand-new study abroad program starting Summer 2027! It will be a 12-day intensive open to undergrads and grad students associated with a new 3-credit course called "Italy and the Modern Museum." Interested in learning more? Come to this information session! We'll have pizza for attendees.

HIST4405/6405: Italy and the Modern Museum. This course traces the origins of the modern museum in Italy. Through guided tours and site visits to centuries-old institutions across Rome and Florence, students will learn about the history of public museums and analyze the collections, architecture, exhibition strategies, and interpretive frameworks of these early Italian museums.