A New Minor at Mary Baldwin: Public History

Making History

In 2005, Mary Baldwin College collaborated with the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library to establish an undergraduate minor in public history. Designed to create working historians, this program trains students for careers in the field of public history by combining an academic degree at an accredited liberal arts college with hands-on experience.

Where It Can Take You

Through coursework and internships, this Minor prepares students for professional careers in museums, archives, historic sites, preservation, and government agencies such as the National Park Service and the National Archives and Records Administration. Public historians also work as consultants, write commissioned histories, develop websites, and research and direct film, radio, and TV productions.

Why Now?

The minor in public history addresses an expanding market in business, presidential libraries, museums, and historical organizations in the United States. To share history with a mass audience, practitioners of public history need the kind of professional training in historical research, theory, and practice that this minor offers. Academic coursework teamed with a hands-on internship provides students with a marketable, in-demand skill.

Questions? Please call 1-800-468-2262 or email admit@mbc.edu