Public History/Musuem Study Receives Research Center Space

The HPJ Public History/Museum Study Program recently was given space in Lehr Memorial Hall for a Research Center to use when working on cataloging and research.  They are currently working on a number of items from the Psychology and Sociology Department.  This space, located on the site of ONU's former theater, will allow students to learn skills that they will later use in their careers in museums and other venues.

Quoted on the ONU website, PH/MS director Professor Ray Schuck said “Even though we just offer a minor in museum studies, the goal is for our students to graduate from here and be prepared to go directly to work in the field, whether at a small historical society or even a larger museum.” 

Schuck spent twenty years working as the curator of the Allen County Museum and passes his vast fund of experience on to his students.  Courses that allow students to get their hands dirty include Introduction to Museum Studies, and the Archeology Field School that Schuck holds at the Metzger Nature Center during the Spring Semester.

Our graduates include Jody Blankenship, who is the Director of the Connecticutt HIstorical Society, Andrew Adamus, who is the Educational Director of the Erie County Musuem, and recently word has been received that Stephen Borden has been hired at the Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian.