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Through our cutting-edge and innovative museum studies program designed for the 21st century museum, you'll focus on the digital life of museums across collections, galleries, and activities.
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Type
Graduate, MS
Start Term
Fall or Spring
Credits
36
Duration
2 years (typically)
Courses
Plan of Study

Museums and Digital Culture, MS

The Master of Science in Museums and Digital Culture (MDC) is a museum studies graduate program designed to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing cultural landscape. Students explore how museums, galleries, and other cultural heritage organizations use digital technologies to enhance their services, manage collection information, engage visitors across physical and virtual contexts, and conduct visitor research and evaluation. The MDC program prepares students for such high-demand museum and gallery positions as digital producer, web content editor, collection information manager, digital analyst, social media specialist, digital asset manager, and more. 

Prof. Pattuelli and Wahbeh with students

Our Faculty

Our faculty are comprised of full-time faculty, who are researchers and scholars holding doctoral degrees, and our part-time faculty who are accomplished professionals holding a range of roles in New York City institutions and companies. Full-time faculty act as advisors to students and help connect career goals with the program curriculum, and teach over half of the courses.

Faculty List and Bios

Select faculty teaching courses in the Museums and Digital Culture program include:

Cristina Pattuelli

Professor

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Sara DeYoung

Visiting Assistant Professor

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Kathy Carbone

Assistant Professor

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Diana Pan

Visiting Assistant Professor

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Student Work

Pratt’s School of Information

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Location and Facilities

Located at the crossroads of the Greenwich Village and Chelsea neighborhoods, our home at Pratt Manhattan Center offers an excellent environment that provides easy access to all that New York City has to offer. Our specialized facilities facilitate our hands-on curriculum: from usability eye-tracking studies to archival reformatting projects and beyond.

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  • We are pleased to announce a new @prattischool fellowship for the spring '25 semester in the area of archives with the Hauser & Wirth Institute (@hauserwirthinstitute). The Hauser & Wirth Institute Archives fellow will work on creating metadata from print ephemera and visual material (slides, photographs, etc.) digitized by HWI from The Drawing Center’s (@thedrawingcenter) extensive exhibition archive. The Drawing Center is a museum and a nonprofit exhibition space in Manhattan, New York City, that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. Application deadline is November 26th! For more details and to apply, please visit our Fellowships page; link available in our bio.
  • Our Holiday Party is Coming, and much more! This news and more in our November '24 newsletter. Link available in our bio.
  • Alumna Mariame Kaba created the Audre Lorde Justice Endowed Scholarship to support librarians and archivists committed to social justice and inclusivity. Read about it in story in our bio. 

Photos: 1) Mariame Kaba, MSLIS ’22 (Gioncarlo Valentine)
2) Audre Lorde teaching at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1983 (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
3) Kimberly Angelica Barnes, MSLIS ’27 and MA History of Art and Design ’27
  • Open Call - "Corpus: Bodies of Data" -- Data Through Design 2025 
Data Through Design (DxD) has extended the submissions deadline through November 4 for proposals for the March 2025 exhibition, "Corpus: Bodies of Data." DxD is an independent collective that organizes an annual art exhibit featuring works that creatively analyze, interpret, and interrogate data from NYC’s Open Data portal in conjunction with Open Data Week. The DxD collective includes Pratt visiting faculty members Rachel Daniell (MSDAV '19), Can Sucuoglu, and Sara Eichner, as well as Pratt SI alum Tereza Chanaki (MSMDC '24), and past shows have included art by Pratt SI faculty Nancy Smith and Claudia Berger as well as alum Gabriella Evergreen (MSLIS '24). Learn more and submit your proposal on the DxD website: datathroughdesign.com.
  • @prattischool has been invaded by Evil Spirits! This news and more in our October '24 newsletter- link available in our bio.
  • We have 6 exciting new special topics courses for this Spring '25 semester, including:
Automotive UX
Deceptive Design & Ethical UX 
Archives & Art-Making
Artists’ Archives: Rome/New York 
Experience Design for the Internet of Things 
Service Design: Principles, Processes & Interventions

Links to the flyers available in our bio!
  • Happy 100th Birthday to President Jimmy Carter! This 1983 photo of him taken by Bill Maris for Family Circle Magazine was digitized at @prattischool in 2019 by students in INFO 665 Projects in Digital Archives.
  • Our neighborhood has seen a lot of construction lately, and we are happy to see some of the fruits of that labor: new elevators on 14th St F/M station went into operation this week. #accessibility
  • MSIXD students and recent alums are included in a Pratt News article about redesigning the world of travel. Students/alums include Bhavna Paikattil, Anjali Rao, Jiayi Jiang, Jennie Lin, Nehal Sharma, and Laiba Sarwar. Link available in our bio.
We are pleased to announce a new @prattischool fellowship for the spring '25 semester in the area of archives with the Hauser & Wirth Institute (@hauserwirthinstitute). The Hauser & Wirth Institute Archives fellow will work on creating metadata from print ephemera and visual material (slides, photographs, etc.) digitized by HWI from The Drawing Center’s (@thedrawingcenter) extensive exhibition archive. The Drawing Center is a museum and a nonprofit exhibition space in Manhattan, New York City, that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. Application deadline is November 26th! For more details and to apply, please visit our Fellowships page; link available in our bio.
We are pleased to announce a new @prattischool fellowship for the spring '25 semester in the area of archives with the Hauser & Wirth Institute (@hauserwirthinstitute). The Hauser & Wirth Institute Archives fellow will work on creating metadata from print ephemera and visual material (slides, photographs, etc.) digitized by HWI from The Drawing Center’s (@thedrawingcenter) extensive exhibition archive. The Drawing Center is a museum and a nonprofit exhibition space in Manhattan, New York City, that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. Application deadline is November 26th! For more details and to apply, please visit our Fellowships page; link available in our bio.
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Our Holiday Party is Coming, and much more! This news and more in our November '24 newsletter. Link available in our bio.
Our Holiday Party is Coming, and much more! This news and more in our November '24 newsletter. Link available in our bio.
6 days ago
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2/9
Alumna Mariame Kaba created the Audre Lorde Justice Endowed Scholarship to support librarians and archivists committed to social justice and inclusivity. Read about it in story in our bio. 

Photos: 1) Mariame Kaba, MSLIS ’22 (Gioncarlo Valentine)
2) Audre Lorde teaching at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1983 (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
3) Kimberly Angelica Barnes, MSLIS ’27 and MA History of Art and Design ’27
Alumna Mariame Kaba created the Audre Lorde Justice Endowed Scholarship to support librarians and archivists committed to social justice and inclusivity. Read about it in story in our bio. 

Photos: 1) Mariame Kaba, MSLIS ’22 (Gioncarlo Valentine)
2) Audre Lorde teaching at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1983 (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
3) Kimberly Angelica Barnes, MSLIS ’27 and MA History of Art and Design ’27
Alumna Mariame Kaba created the Audre Lorde Justice Endowed Scholarship to support librarians and archivists committed to social justice and inclusivity. Read about it in story in our bio. 

Photos: 1) Mariame Kaba, MSLIS ’22 (Gioncarlo Valentine)
2) Audre Lorde teaching at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1983 (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
3) Kimberly Angelica Barnes, MSLIS ’27 and MA History of Art and Design ’27
Alumna Mariame Kaba created the Audre Lorde Justice Endowed Scholarship to support librarians and archivists committed to social justice and inclusivity. Read about it in story in our bio. Photos: 1) Mariame Kaba, MSLIS ’22 (Gioncarlo Valentine) 2) Audre Lorde teaching at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1983 (Robert Alexander/Getty Images) 3) Kimberly Angelica Barnes, MSLIS ’27 and MA History of Art and Design ’27
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Open Call - "Corpus: Bodies of Data" -- Data Through Design 2025 
Data Through Design (DxD) has extended the submissions deadline through November 4 for proposals for the March 2025 exhibition, "Corpus: Bodies of Data." DxD is an independent collective that organizes an annual art exhibit featuring works that creatively analyze, interpret, and interrogate data from NYC’s Open Data portal in conjunction with Open Data Week. The DxD collective includes Pratt visiting faculty members Rachel Daniell (MSDAV '19), Can Sucuoglu, and Sara Eichner, as well as Pratt SI alum Tereza Chanaki (MSMDC '24), and past shows have included art by Pratt SI faculty Nancy Smith and Claudia Berger as well as alum Gabriella Evergreen (MSLIS '24). Learn more and submit your proposal on the DxD website: datathroughdesign.com.
Open Call - "Corpus: Bodies of Data" -- Data Through Design 2025 Data Through Design (DxD) has extended the submissions deadline through November 4 for proposals for the March 2025 exhibition, "Corpus: Bodies of Data." DxD is an independent collective that organizes an annual art exhibit featuring works that creatively analyze, interpret, and interrogate data from NYC’s Open Data portal in conjunction with Open Data Week. The DxD collective includes Pratt visiting faculty members Rachel Daniell (MSDAV '19), Can Sucuoglu, and Sara Eichner, as well as Pratt SI alum Tereza Chanaki (MSMDC '24), and past shows have included art by Pratt SI faculty Nancy Smith and Claudia Berger as well as alum Gabriella Evergreen (MSLIS '24). Learn more and submit your proposal on the DxD website: datathroughdesign.com.
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4/9
@prattischool has been invaded by Evil Spirits! This news and more in our October '24 newsletter- link available in our bio.
@prattischool has been invaded by Evil Spirits! This news and more in our October '24 newsletter- link available in our bio.
1 month ago
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5/9
We have 6 exciting new special topics courses for this Spring '25 semester, including:
Automotive UX
Deceptive Design & Ethical UX 
Archives & Art-Making
Artists’ Archives: Rome/New York 
Experience Design for the Internet of Things 
Service Design: Principles, Processes & Interventions

Links to the flyers available in our bio!
We have 6 exciting new special topics courses for this Spring '25 semester, including:
Automotive UX
Deceptive Design & Ethical UX 
Archives & Art-Making
Artists’ Archives: Rome/New York 
Experience Design for the Internet of Things 
Service Design: Principles, Processes & Interventions

Links to the flyers available in our bio!
We have 6 exciting new special topics courses for this Spring '25 semester, including:
Automotive UX
Deceptive Design & Ethical UX 
Archives & Art-Making
Artists’ Archives: Rome/New York 
Experience Design for the Internet of Things 
Service Design: Principles, Processes & Interventions

Links to the flyers available in our bio!
We have 6 exciting new special topics courses for this Spring '25 semester, including:
Automotive UX
Deceptive Design & Ethical UX 
Archives & Art-Making
Artists’ Archives: Rome/New York 
Experience Design for the Internet of Things 
Service Design: Principles, Processes & Interventions

Links to the flyers available in our bio!
We have 6 exciting new special topics courses for this Spring '25 semester, including:
Automotive UX
Deceptive Design & Ethical UX 
Archives & Art-Making
Artists’ Archives: Rome/New York 
Experience Design for the Internet of Things 
Service Design: Principles, Processes & Interventions

Links to the flyers available in our bio!
We have 6 exciting new special topics courses for this Spring '25 semester, including:
Automotive UX
Deceptive Design & Ethical UX 
Archives & Art-Making
Artists’ Archives: Rome/New York 
Experience Design for the Internet of Things 
Service Design: Principles, Processes & Interventions

Links to the flyers available in our bio!
We have 6 exciting new special topics courses for this Spring '25 semester, including: Automotive UX Deceptive Design & Ethical UX Archives & Art-Making Artists’ Archives: Rome/New York Experience Design for the Internet of Things Service Design: Principles, Processes & Interventions Links to the flyers available in our bio!
1 month ago
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6/9
Happy 100th Birthday to President Jimmy Carter! This 1983 photo of him taken by Bill Maris for Family Circle Magazine was digitized at @prattischool in 2019 by students in INFO 665 Projects in Digital Archives.
Happy 100th Birthday to President Jimmy Carter! This 1983 photo of him taken by Bill Maris for Family Circle Magazine was digitized at @prattischool in 2019 by students in INFO 665 Projects in Digital Archives.
2 months ago
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7/9
Our neighborhood has seen a lot of construction lately, and we are happy to see some of the fruits of that labor: new elevators on 14th St F/M station went into operation this week. #accessibility
Our neighborhood has seen a lot of construction lately, and we are happy to see some of the fruits of that labor: new elevators on 14th St F/M station went into operation this week. #accessibility
2 months ago
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8/9
MSIXD students and recent alums are included in a Pratt News article about redesigning the world of travel. Students/alums include Bhavna Paikattil, Anjali Rao, Jiayi Jiang, Jennie Lin, Nehal Sharma, and Laiba Sarwar. Link available in our bio.
MSIXD students and recent alums are included in a Pratt News article about redesigning the world of travel. Students/alums include Bhavna Paikattil, Anjali Rao, Jiayi Jiang, Jennie Lin, Nehal Sharma, and Laiba Sarwar. Link available in our bio.
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