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Museum Studies Theses

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Dinosaur Representation in Museums: How the Struggle Between Scientific Accuracy and Pop Culture Affects the Public Perception of Mesozoic Non-Avian Dinosaurs in Museums, Carla A. Feller

Lost and Found: Onöndowa’ga:’Gawenoh as an Anchor to Identity and Sovereignty, Brittney N. Jimerson

A Proposition for a Beer Museum, Alexa R. Templeton

Exhibiting Prejudice: How Twentieth-Century Museums Promoted the Eugenics Movement, Anna Wachtel

Online Interpretation Guideline for Historic House Museums, Olivia A. Weixlmann

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Museums, Feminism, and Social Impact, Audrey M. Clark

How an Urban Beach Impacts a Small Town: The Rivi-Erie, a Public Art and Placemaking Case Study, Ellen M. Martin

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Public Art and Patronage: A Collective Study of Four of Buffalo, New York's Early Monuments, 1882-1907, Drew C. Boyle

Portraits with a Posthumous Voice: Reinforcing and Contesting Social Norms in the Heterotopic Museum and Cemetery, Matthew J. Crissey

A Larger Table: Fostering Inclusion in Museums through Hiring Directors of Community Engagement, Hannah M. Page

Making the Grade: Do art museums have an impact on student achievement within low socio-economic communities?, Alison M. Rebmann

Thanatourism to Dark Tourism: The Transition of the Religious Sacred to Secular Sacred, Kelsey Reed

Toxins in the Collection: Museum Awareness and Protection, Nellie Slocum

Cultural Heritage Destruction in Middle Eastern Museums: Problems and Causes, Evan A. Wright

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Portraits, Preservation & Pedigrees: An Introduction to Photographic Portraiture, Photographs as a Means of Genealogical Research, and a Preservation Case Study of the Howard D. Beach Studio Collection of Glass Plate Negatives, Kirsten Feigel

Aura of Authenticity: The Impact of Original Objects in the Museum Guest Experience, Alyssa Frijey

Museological Cinema: An Ideal Approach to a Modern Art Form, Steven Groff

Controversy in 20th Century Museum Exhibits: A 21st Century Perspective, Jennifer K. Weber

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Northwest Coast Native American Art: The Relationship between Museums, Native Americans and Artists, Karrie E. Myers

Struggle For Survival: The History and Ethics of Living Collections, Emily Simms

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

The Role of American Women in Museum Leadership: Late 19th to Mid-20th Century., Sarah M. Blatter

Bermuda’s Museum Treasures: An Application of Collections Accessibility, Britt R. Franklin

City2 Buffalo: a smartphone app designed to establish a mobile museum without walls, exhibiting the living city of Buffalo, NY and its rich history and environment, with a purpose to inform and inspire all toward global cultural awareness and civic engagement, in order to collectively create a better future., Deborah L. Russell

Working Methods: The Howard D. Beach Photography Studio of Gelatin Dry Plate Negatives, Noelle Wiedemer

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Preserving Artifacts: A Survey and Research into the Struggle of Smaller Institutions' Need for Budgeting, Emily Busch

Museum and P-12 School Collaborations and the Role of a Third-Party Facilitator, Katherine Somerville