IN PERSON: Go behind the scenes with North Carolina Museum of Art Chief Registrar Maggie Gregory to learn more about the day-to-day workings of the modern museum. Balancing the mission of preservation and interpretation, museums face interesting challenges as they seek to enlarge their core audiences and to create dynamic, diverse presentations in the face of our fast-paced, digitally-stoked world. Through the practical lens of the registrar, this lecture-based course will explore the daily workings of the museum and will include discussion of how objects are cared for, how collections grow, and the process by which exhibitions are developed. The class will examine the roles played by multiple museum departments, emphasizing the collaborative effort that lies behind curating the visitor’s experience. | Lecture + Q&A.
Max enrollment: 50.
Location: Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd, Durham NC 27705
Maggie Gregory has been the Chief Registrar at the North Carolina Museum of Art since 2008. Educated at Wellesley College (A.B.) and the University of Michigan (M.A), she discovered a love of museums as a child during family visits to the Art Institute of Chicago. Prior to her role at the NCMA, she was Head Registrar at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. Additionally, she has taught adjunct art history classes at Wake Forest University, UNC-G, and for OLLI at NC State.