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Through our cutting-edge and innovative museum studies program designed for the 21st century museum, you'll focus on the digital life of museums across collections, galleries, and activities.
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Type
Graduate, MS
Start Term
Fall or Spring
Credits
36
Duration
2 years (typically)
Courses
Plan of Study

Museums and Digital Culture, MS

The Master of Science in Museums and Digital Culture (MDC) is a museum studies graduate program designed to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing cultural landscape. Students explore how museums, galleries, and other cultural heritage organizations use digital technologies to enhance their services, manage collection information, engage visitors across physical and virtual contexts, and conduct visitor research and evaluation. The MDC program prepares students for such high-demand museum and gallery positions as digital producer, web content editor, collection information manager, digital analyst, social media specialist, digital asset manager, and more. 

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Our Faculty

Our faculty are comprised of full-time faculty, who are researchers and scholars holding doctoral degrees, and our part-time faculty who are accomplished professionals holding a range of roles in New York City institutions and companies. Full-time faculty act as advisors to students and help connect career goals with the program curriculum, and teach over half of the courses.

Faculty List and Bios

Select faculty teaching courses in the Museums and Digital Culture program include:

Cristina Pattuelli

Professor

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Sara DeYoung

Visiting Assistant Professor

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Kathy Carbone

Assistant Professor

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Diana Pan

Visiting Assistant Professor

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Student Work

Pratt’s School of Information

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More about Pratt’s iSchool

Location and Facilities

Located at the crossroads of the Greenwich Village and Chelsea neighborhoods, our home at Pratt Manhattan Center offers an excellent environment that provides easy access to all that New York City has to offer. Our specialized facilities facilitate our hands-on curriculum: from usability eye-tracking studies to archival reformatting projects and beyond.

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  • Free Events, New Tools, Student & Faculty News, and more in the Sept. '24 @prattischool newsletter. Link available in our bio.
  • The information you see changes the world that you perceive—this is the idea at the heart of the School of Information here at Pratt. Across four core programs, we explore everything from algorithms to archives with the goal of improving lives and culture through information. Through hands-on learning experiences, you’ll not only learn how to manage knowledge and information, but how to make it useful, available, and accessible to all.

To learn more about our masters programs, sign-up to attend an upcoming information session. Next session is September 10 at 6pm ET.  Link to sign-up is available in our bio.
  • The scaffolding is finally coming down from Pratt Manhattan Center, just in time for classes to start on August 26!
  • It's the August '24 School of Information newsletter with details on our 5th Annual Ethics & Technology Forum, new faculty publications, student work, and more! Link available in our bio.
  • Playing cards are all the rage these days! In this Pratt News article, find out about some of the ways they are being used, including work from Profs. Shruthi Chivukula, Nancy Smith, and Claudia Berger (MSLIS ’21), as well as recent alums Erica Weidner (MSLIS ’24), Gabriella Evergreen (MSLIS ’24), Meina Naeymirad (MSLIS ’23) and Abby Hurst (MSIXD ‘23). Link available in our bio.
  • Students head to Princeton, faculty start a research group, and more news in the July School of Information newsletter; link available in our bio.
  • Today Vinette Thomas, Assistant to the Dean, was recognized for her 42 years of service to @prattinstitute at the staff BBQ. Vinette is retiring on January 3, 2025, and we wish her well on her next journey. 👏 🙌 🎉
  • Following a year-long revisioning process and community feedback in the cold winter months, we are pleased to rollout our new Vision, Mission and Goals for @prattischool! You can find the full update on our website; link available in our bio.
  • The view from @prattischool this morning… turns out that thing on the @empirestatebldg is supposed to be a dragon 🐉 Don’t see that from this vantage point :-/
Free Events, New Tools, Student & Faculty News, and more in the Sept. '24 @prattischool newsletter. Link available in our bio.
Free Events, New Tools, Student & Faculty News, and more in the Sept. '24 @prattischool newsletter. Link available in our bio.
1 week ago
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The information you see changes the world that you perceive—this is the idea at the heart of the School of Information here at Pratt. Across four core programs, we explore everything from algorithms to archives with the goal of improving lives and culture through information. Through hands-on learning experiences, you’ll not only learn how to manage knowledge and information, but how to make it useful, available, and accessible to all.

To learn more about our masters programs, sign-up to attend an upcoming information session. Next session is September 10 at 6pm ET.  Link to sign-up is available in our bio.
The information you see changes the world that you perceive—this is the idea at the heart of the School of Information here at Pratt. Across four core programs, we explore everything from algorithms to archives with the goal of improving lives and culture through information. Through hands-on learning experiences, you’ll not only learn how to manage knowledge and information, but how to make it useful, available, and accessible to all.

To learn more about our masters programs, sign-up to attend an upcoming information session. Next session is September 10 at 6pm ET.  Link to sign-up is available in our bio.
The information you see changes the world that you perceive—this is the idea at the heart of the School of Information here at Pratt. Across four core programs, we explore everything from algorithms to archives with the goal of improving lives and culture through information. Through hands-on learning experiences, you’ll not only learn how to manage knowledge and information, but how to make it useful, available, and accessible to all.

To learn more about our masters programs, sign-up to attend an upcoming information session. Next session is September 10 at 6pm ET.  Link to sign-up is available in our bio.
The information you see changes the world that you perceive—this is the idea at the heart of the School of Information here at Pratt. Across four core programs, we explore everything from algorithms to archives with the goal of improving lives and culture through information. Through hands-on learning experiences, you’ll not only learn how to manage knowledge and information, but how to make it useful, available, and accessible to all. To learn more about our masters programs, sign-up to attend an upcoming information session. Next session is September 10 at 6pm ET. Link to sign-up is available in our bio.
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The scaffolding is finally coming down from Pratt Manhattan Center, just in time for classes to start on August 26!
The scaffolding is finally coming down from Pratt Manhattan Center, just in time for classes to start on August 26!
4 weeks ago
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It's the August '24 School of Information newsletter with details on our 5th Annual Ethics & Technology Forum, new faculty publications, student work, and more! Link available in our bio.
It's the August '24 School of Information newsletter with details on our 5th Annual Ethics & Technology Forum, new faculty publications, student work, and more! Link available in our bio.
1 month ago
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4/9
Playing cards are all the rage these days! In this Pratt News article, find out about some of the ways they are being used, including work from Profs. Shruthi Chivukula, Nancy Smith, and Claudia Berger (MSLIS ’21), as well as recent alums Erica Weidner (MSLIS ’24), Gabriella Evergreen (MSLIS ’24), Meina Naeymirad (MSLIS ’23) and Abby Hurst (MSIXD ‘23). Link available in our bio.
Playing cards are all the rage these days! In this Pratt News article, find out about some of the ways they are being used, including work from Profs. Shruthi Chivukula, Nancy Smith, and Claudia Berger (MSLIS ’21), as well as recent alums Erica Weidner (MSLIS ’24), Gabriella Evergreen (MSLIS ’24), Meina Naeymirad (MSLIS ’23) and Abby Hurst (MSIXD ‘23). Link available in our bio.
2 months ago
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Students head to Princeton, faculty start a research group, and more news in the July School of Information newsletter; link available in our bio.
Students head to Princeton, faculty start a research group, and more news in the July School of Information newsletter; link available in our bio.
2 months ago
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6/9
Today Vinette Thomas, Assistant to the Dean, was recognized for her 42 years of service to @prattinstitute at the staff BBQ. Vinette is retiring on January 3, 2025, and we wish her well on her next journey. 👏 🙌 🎉
Today Vinette Thomas, Assistant to the Dean, was recognized for her 42 years of service to @prattinstitute at the staff BBQ. Vinette is retiring on January 3, 2025, and we wish her well on her next journey. 👏 🙌 🎉
3 months ago
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7/9
Following a year-long revisioning process and community feedback in the cold winter months, we are pleased to rollout our new Vision, Mission and Goals for @prattischool! You can find the full update on our website; link available in our bio.
Following a year-long revisioning process and community feedback in the cold winter months, we are pleased to rollout our new Vision, Mission and Goals for @prattischool! You can find the full update on our website; link available in our bio.
Following a year-long revisioning process and community feedback in the cold winter months, we are pleased to rollout our new Vision, Mission and Goals for @prattischool! You can find the full update on our website; link available in our bio.
3 months ago
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The view from @prattischool this morning… turns out that thing on the @empirestatebldg is supposed to be a dragon 🐉 Don’t see that from this vantage point :-/
The view from @prattischool this morning… turns out that thing on the @empirestatebldg is supposed to be a dragon 🐉 Don’t see that from this vantage point :-/
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