Short online course on "Paranormal Investigations & Programs in Museums and Historic Sites.
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Paranormal Investigations and Programs in Museums and Historic Sites - Online Class December 30, 2024

Three-Week Online Course - $275

Do you want to know more about paranormal investigations and programs in museums and historic sites? Have you been approached by a paranormal group to investigate your museum or historic site? Have you thought about developing your own ghost tour or program? Have you ever wondered what this is all about?

Increasingly museums and historic sites are approached by paranormal teams or investigators – and many have started to allow access on a fee basis and some have partnered with local paranormal teams or have developed their own special ghost programs and tours to bring visitors in who have curiosity about this. If done right, it is a great way to increase revenue and to teach history and folklore in an exciting new way for your visitors.

This short course will bridge both sides to create awareness in both groups. You will learn about the paranormal and how teams and investigators conduct their investigations – both the theories and methods will be detailed with real life examples. Those in the paranormal will learn about the mission of museums and historic sites and why there are policies in place to protect and preserve the sites and their collections. We will review museum policies for outside groups and why museums have these policies and how they should be applied to paranormal investigations. The pro's and con's of allowing this sort of access will be reviewed. At the end we will ask each participant to formulate their own draft policy / program / research plan for a museum or historic site.

There are no deadlines. The course is all done on your own time and schedule. You will receive a link where you can download the lecture and readings for each section. There are three sections in the course. Discussion and questions will all be done via email.

No tests - No quizzes. A written assignment will be done at the end to complete the course.

Space is limited so register soon!