Designed for those preparing to enter art collection-related fields, the MA in Art History and Museum Studies provides advanced qualifications in art history and a broad introduction to museum work.
As a student in the program, you'll take courses in art history and museum studies simultaneously. Our small program size ensures that you'll receive dedicated attention from our expert faculty and get to know your cohort.
Our two-year master's program in Art History and Museum Studies integrates the theoretical study of art history with practical concerns of displaying, managing, and interpreting art objects in a variety of museum settings. With the consultation of a faculty advisor, you'll complete independent research and either a thesis or two qualifying papers.
After completing the degree, you will be well prepared for careers in museums, art galleries, art publishing, museum education, teaching, art libraries, visual resource collection, or auction houses. Some of our students go on to pursue a PhD degree and teach at the university level.
Reading knowledge of a foreign language.
See Tuition and Financial Aid information for GSAS Programs. Note: This program is eligible for federal loans and Tufts tuition scholarships.
The metropolitan Boston area, and Tufts in particular, is also an ideal location to explore art history and museum studies. Instructors take advantage of Tufts' affiliation with Boston's renowned Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as well as other area museums to bring learning outside of classrooms.
Average Salary: $50K - $100K
Average Age: 27
*Sources: GSAS-SOE Graduate Exit Survey 2020 - 2021 and Academic Analytics (Alumni Insights)
Research/Areas of Interest: American architecture history, global architecture history, post-colonial studies, materiality
Research/Areas of Interest: History of museums, exhibitions, and collecting; history of art history; Early Modern European art and theory
Research/Areas of Interest: Museum and Heritage Studies, African Arts, Institutional Theories, Value and Valuation, Historiography
Research/Areas of Interest: American Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, and Theories and Methods
Research/Areas of Interest: Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean art and architecture, especially in the 1st millennium BCE; materiality studies; ancient magic and religion; reception and museum histories.
Research/Areas of Interest: Medieval art, architecture, and visual culture in Europe and the Byzantine-Slavic cultural spheres; image theory; historiography; patronage; monasticism; cross-cultural interactions
Research/Areas of Interest: film theory, philosophy and aesthetics of film, avant-garde film, film and modernism
Research/Areas of Interest: Modern and Contemporary U.S. Latinx and Mexican art; Latin American art; Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora