MA in Material Culture and Public Humanities in Virginia Beach United States | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Tech's interdisciplinary MA Program in Material Culture and Public Humanities (MCPH) equips students with specialized knowledge in these areas, preparing them for professional roles in museums, historical societies, arts organizations, national parks, and various cultural institutions. The program fosters collaborative partnerships with nonprofit cultural entities including the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation (managing Round the Mountain and The Crooked Road), Historic Smithfield, the Virginia Museum of Transportation, the Montgomery Museum, the Science Museum of Western Virginia, the Taubman Museum of Art, the O. Winston Link Museum, the History Museum of Western Virginia, and the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
This 30-credit-hour degree program is based in the Department of Religion and Culture (RLCL) within the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, with joint oversight from faculty in the Department of History and the Art History Program (School of Visual Arts, College of Architecture and Urban Studies).