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This course is full with a waitlist! You can add your name to the waitlist by registering and will be notified automatically if a spot becomes available. 

Learn to create vibrant, attractive and accessible exhibits that welcome and engage visitors of all ages. Through presentations, group work and hands-on activities, participants will work through all of the stages in developing a museum exhibit, from initial concept all the way to summative evaluation.

Core topics include: the nature of exhibits; the audience; the big idea and exhibit brief; interpretive planning; writing text; budgets; curatorship; design; fabrication and evaluation. Throughout the course the focus is on proven, practical and cost-effective techniques and ideas.

Instructor: Meredith Leonard 

Meredith Leonard is currently Senior Curator Learning and Interpretation with the City of Hamilton. A certified teacher with more than ten years of experience in the heritage field, she previously served as the Education and Community Coordinator at Halton Heritage Services, Education and Community Relations Officer at Museum of Ontario Archaeology, Curator for Marketing, Programming and Exhibitions at Fort Erie Museum Services and Visitor Services Coordinator at the St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre. Meredith holds a Hons. BA in History and Political Science from McMaster University, Master of Museum Studies degree from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Science in Adolescence Education from D’Youville College in Buffalo, New York. She was selected as a 2015 fellow in the Getty Leadership Institute’s NextGen Program at Claremont Graduate University in California and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre.

CMS: Exhibit Planning and Design 2025-2026

  • May 5 - July 11, 2025
  • Online