Engaged Learning

Students painting fake food for an exhibit.

Experiential Learning 322230 — Students in Dr. Julie Holcomb's collections management class had an opportunity to check out Play Waco soon after it opened in the Jeanes Discovery Center, Mayborn Museum Complex.

Students do a lab activity for the exhibits development course.

Museum Studies student presents an academic poster at the Texas Association of Museums Conference.

Museum Studies students visit the Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Museum Studies students engaging with visitors at the Mayborn Museum

Museum Studies students attend the Texas Association of Museums Conference.

Experiential Learning 322343 — In 2017, the Mayborn Museum Complex hosted the temporary exhibit, Women in STEM. The exhibit was the brainchild of two Museum Studies students, Courtney Berge and Valencia Johnson.

Museum Studies student engages with visitors at the Mayborn Museum

Museum Studies students speaking with curator at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art

The Department of Museum Studies is grounded in experiential learning opportunities including class field trips, hands-on activities, internships, and networking opportunities through the Museum Association of Waco and the Texas Association of Museums. Our classrooms are located within the Mayborn Museum Complex which serves as a living laboratory where students apply their classroom learning by participating in all aspects of the museum's daily operations. More opportunities for experience in the museum field are available because of a phenomenal concentration of cultural resource sites located across Baylor University's campus and throughout Waco. This unique scenario is enhanced with personalized education and training from a experienced and dedicated faculty.