CGP
The Cooperstown Graduate Program (CGP) is the premier program for the training of museum professionals in the United States. One of only two programs in the country located on a museum campus rather than a university campus, students have the opportunity to interact regularly with museum professional staff, with objects, and with exhibitions.
highlights of the program
- We have strong partners in the New York State Historical Association, The Farmers' Museum, and Fenimore Art Museum.
- Our alumni are prominent and successful in the field, and regularly give back to the program.
- The classes are small, dynamic, and interactive.
- We teach a core generalist curriculum, though with room for personal interests.
- Assignments and internships are not academic exercises, but real and varied work in the field.
- Classes are complemented by field trips to regional institutions.
- Museums are community-based organizations, and CGP mirrors this with a strong focus on community.
- As a small program, students develop strong relationships with faculty, fellow students, and local museum staff.
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Professor Gretchen Sorin works in the exhibit lab with Ryan Donaldson '07 and Valerie Aquila '06