The Museum Studies and Cultural Management minor is intended for students who are interested in studying the classification, curation, conservation and display of objects and knowledge. Such sites might include nonprofit and for-profit arts and cultural organizations and museums of all kinds: fine art museums, history museums, science museums and natural history museums. Our students are exposed to all aspects of museum studies and cultural management, including curatorial practice, museum education, scientific conservation, and the business of running a nonprofit or for-profit cultural or educational organization.

New York City Connections

Drew is just a train ride from New York, giving you easy access to the arts and culture capital of the world. Explore the city on your own, or through unique Drew classes featuring on-site components that turn museums into classrooms.

All students in the minor take the New York Semester on Museums and Cultural Management, an immersive course that brings you and your classmates into the city to connect with industry professionals: curators, archivists, conservators, educators and more.

Learn more about Drew’s semester-long immersions in the professional worlds of New York and London.

First-Rate Facilities

The Dorothy Young Center for the Arts—with its 70,000 square feet of creative spaces—gives Drew students many opportunities to learn, collaborate and create. At the Korn Gallery, an exhibition space for Drew faculty and students and visiting artists, students in the minor get hands-on experience with collections management, archival practices, and object conservation. Students also complete a practicum at the United Methodist Archives and History Center, right here on the Drew campus.