The Museum of Education sponsors annual exhibits, educational programs, and research institutes. The museum serves a variety of audiences including University of South Carolina students, faculty, and staff; local educators; local P-12 students; and the general public.
The Guest Curator Program seeks to provide an opportunity for faculty members to experiment outside of traditional boundaries to share and disseminate their scholarship. The program contributes to the College of Education’s stated desire to become a leader in educational innovation and transformation.
As part of its community outreach efforts, the Museum of Education sponsors Fearless: The Septima Clark Mobile Exhibition Program. The program seeks to engage African American girls in a meaningful museum studies experience.
Project CHAANGE is a multiple-day professional development experience for P-12 teachers. Project CHAANGE is funded by a grant from the South Carolina Department of Education.
Museum of Education Director Toby Jenkins, Ph.D. co-led the exhibition, "Do They See Us? A Visual Call to Remember: Faculty and Staff Mattering and Pandemic Life in Higher Education" with Michelle Bryan, Ph.D.
Richard T. Greener (1844 - 1922) was the first African American man to serve on the faculty at the University of South Carolina. The Greener Lecture series continues his legacy of teaching at USC by focusing on a topic relating to his life as an educator, philosopher, librarian, lawyer, and diplomat.