53-2565J The Museum Beat:

Students will visit some of Chicago’s leading cultural institutions to report on temporary exhibits such as the Art Institute’s upcoming blockbuster Picasso and Chicago (opening February, 2013), the Museum of Science and Industry’s Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit, the Shedd Aquarium’s Jellies, the Field Museum’s dazzling Maharaja: The Splendor of India’s Royal Courts and its sublime Fashion in the Field Museum Collection by Maria Pinto. Students will meet museum curators and the exhibit staff who designed and built exhibits meant to educated and entertain the savvy audiences of the 21st Century.

2 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 53-2020A Reporting and Writing II
Requirements Permission of Instructor