Are you interested in bringing your class to the Museum, but not sure where to begin? Here you can browse your colleagues’ innovative approaches to object-based teaching. Museum visits can connect objects directly to course themes, while simultaneously creating a space for experiential learning and honing important transferable skills. These include close observation, visual and critical analysis, questioning assumptions, evidence-based reasoning, working collaboratively in diverse teams, creative response, and research using primary sources.
Religion 337/Medieval Studies 300
Michael Penn, Professor of Religion
Anthropology 216
Elizabeth Klarich, Five College Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Chemistry 325
Himali Jayathilake, Senior Laboratory Instructor, and Maria Gomez, Professor of Chemistry
History 271
Christine DeLucia, Assistant Professor of History