select student projects
MUSE 703: Exhibition Planning and Design
University of Kansas Graduate Museum Studies Program

This course takes students out of the classroom, across campus
and into the community to engage them in an immersive project-based collaborative learning experience. Students work in teams to design
and install an exhibition for a client.



"Tell me, I will forget.
Teach me, I might remember,
Involve me, I will learn."
—Chinese proverb
Progress Report: Education in Lawrence
Watkins History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas
This exhibit examines education in Lawrence during the Progressive Era, as well as the factors that inspired these reforms, to encourage reflection
on what is happening in education now in Kansas.
Evolution of Team Sports Along the Kaw:
Together We Are Stronger
Highland Community College Perry Center, Perry, Kansas
Students worked with the Perry Pride community group to develop a locally focused exhibit in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution
traveling exhibition Hometown Teams:
How Sports Shape America.
All Creeping Things: A History of Herpetological Illustration
University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library

Occasional Mayhem: Exploring Crime and Punishment
in Lawrence Kansas
Watkins History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas
Students worked with the Lawrence Police Department, university and public libraries,
news paper archives and individuals to secure
objects and images for exhibition.
Kansas Connections
 KU 150 Sesquicentennial exhibit design brief
for the Associate Dean, School of the Arts
Objective: To create a portable exhibition highlighting the history and culture of the
state through examples of art, history,
science, discoveries, and people.
Get Connected: Sustainable Energy in Douglas County
Watkins History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas
The Day After: Living in Fear?
Watkins History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas
Riddle Me This: A History of Games and Puzzles
University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Treasure from the Stacks
A space planning design brief of permenant and modular exhibit elements
for the University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library, North Gallery

In 2017, KU Libraries completed a series of renovations including
new permenant exhibitions in the North Gallery based upon initial design
and spacing planning ideas presented by this group of students.