Designing a Field House Museum for Middlebury College
In this course students will help design a museum space dedicated to the history of athletics at Middlebury College. The work we accomplish will contribute to plans for the new Field House, to be erected in 2013-14. Students will conduct archival research on the history of Middlebury athletics, and they will design interpretive exhibits utilizing digital and analog formats for inclusion in the new museum space. Additionally, students will generate an overall design for the Field House museum space. Because the course emphasizes public history and museum design, field trips to regional museums and athletic facilities should be expected.