About Museum Studies

Build Skills. Create Impact.

Imagine yourself learning in a museum, working with real collections, creating exhibitions and public programs, and connecting with diverse communities. 

At SFSU Museum Studies, you learn museum work by doing it in the student-operated Global Museum. Gain practical experience, learn from museum professionals, and discover how your interests can become a meaningful career. Explore careers in curatorship, collections management, exhibition design, education, and management while connecting Museum Studies with art, anthropology, archaeology, design, history, the sciences or adjacent disciplines.

Whether you pursue the M.A. or add the undergraduate minor, you’ll build practical skills, professional connections, and the confidence to contribute to the Bay Area’s museum community.