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9 Online Short courses in Museum Studies

LEARN-SMA 2025. Local Stories, Global Voices: Archaeological Museums for International Audiences
This one-week intensive Summer School tackles one of today’s pressing questions: how do we communicate the legacy of ancient cultures to contemporary, global audiences? The program focuses on the content, design, and technologies that shape inclusive museum spaces and texts.

LEARN-SMA 2025. Story to Display: Writing Museum Panels, Labels, and Flyers
The one-week intensive Summer School explores strategies and methods for effective museum communication, with a focus on the content, design, and technology of labels and educational panels.
Digital Tools for Cultural Heritage Management
The Digital Tools for Cultural Heritage Management program from The Heritage Management Organization - Athens is a one-semester European Credit (ECTS) bearing program that integrates the great disciplines of heritage management and geomatics.
Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
The Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums course from University of St Andrews offers a rigorous and accessible exploration of the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on archives, museums, the art market, and gallery practices.
Digital Museum Practice
Boost your digital skills for work in the museum, heritage and cultural sectors with this Digital Museum Practice course at the University of Aberdeen.
Dead Interesting - Uncovering Roman Britain in Old Museum Collections
Explore the archaeology of early Roman Britain and learn techniques to build a profile of an individual from the first century AD with Dead Interesting - Uncovering Roman Britain in Old Museum Collections at University of Reading by FutureLearn.
Modern Art and Ideas
This Modern Art and Ideas course offered by Coursera in partnership with The Museum of Modern Art is designed for anyone interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art.
The Museum as a Site and Source for Learning
Explore the purpose of museums today and find how they facilitate learning with The Museum as a Site and Source for Learning course at The University of Glasgow by FutureLearn.
Museums and Sustainable Futures
How sustainable are our cultural spaces? Explore the possibilities for museums in a sustainably minded future in this Museums and Sustainable Futures course at the University of Aberdeen.