Graduate programs and student prize

The National Museum of Australia has joined the Australian National University in offering graduate courses in museums and collections .

The program, taught by staff from the Museum as well as the University, introduces students to the absorbing world of collecting institutions, including their objectives, management, exhibitions and audiences. It provides a strong background for employment in museums, galleries and other cultural institutions.

The museums and collections course can be studied at the Graduate Diploma and Masters levels.

Submissions are being invited for the National Museum of Australia Student Prize for Australian Environmental History 2009.

The National Museum of Australia and the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science jointly award an annual prize for the best student essay in the History of Australian Science or Australian Environmental History.

The prizes are awarded in alternate years in May, with the history of science prize being offered in even-numbered years and the environmental history prize in odd-numbered years.

The prize is a certificate and $2500.

The closing date for submissions is 27 February 2009.

> Student prize application process