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Summary

For the University of Oklahoma  Master's Program in Museum Studies, Caroline teaches Collections Management and designed and teaches The House Museum. She also mentors students undertaking hands-on project work and chairs final exam committees. 
In 2017 she received the Superior Teaching Award.
 www.ou.edu/content/cls/future_students/grad/mams.html
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Collections Management

This course considers the place of collections in the life of a museum; how collections mesh with the museum mission; collections policies and stewardship. It relates theoretical ideas on collection development and maintenance to the actualities of museum situations.
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As stewards of the collections they oversee, museums are responsible for all aspects of their management including legal, social and ethical obligations that must be met. Such obligations include demonstrating professional standards in the documentation, exhibition, storage, and conservation of the works entrusted in their care. Good collection management also involves the oversight of intellectual property rights and legal issues involved with the works in the permanent collection as well as those on loan. This is accomplished through collections plans and management policies that reflect the mission of the museum and meet best practices requirements defined by American Alliance of Museums (AAM). A museum, as a steward, is obligated to provide care to insure that the collections entrusted to them are available for display and research for future generations.

The House Museum

​This course examines the types of House Museum - As places of pilgrimage: where X lived; where Y happened; the BIG house. As architecture: built by A; last/first/oldest example.
Students are introduced to the challenges of conservation and interpretation within buildings that are themselves the exhibit, and to the question of objective truth in a historical narrative. Community involvement /inclusion and diversity are examined.
This is a topic that is currently subject to a growing awareness, both by the public and within the museum field. There is increased public recognition of the significance of local architecture, and pride in local individuals as witnessed by the number of Historic Houses in the 80,000 listing National Register of Historic Places in the USA and by the growth of schemes similar to the Blue Plaque System in the UK. There is every evidence to suggest that this interest will continue and as it does it will open up increasing opportunities in the field for Museum Studies Graduates.