Museum Anthropology, a publication of the Council for Museum Anthropology (CMA), is edited by Jason Baird Jackson, with its editorial offices in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University. The journal is published in partnership with the publisher Wiley-Blackwell as part of the publications program of the American Anthropological Association. The journal benefits from the support of the College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, and the CMA membership. Find the journal’s webpage here, on the website of Wiley-Blackwell.

Museum Anthropology publishes peer-reviewed research articles on material culture and in museum studies, including research on professional practice in museum settings and the cross-cultural study of museums and related organizations, viewed both in historical and ethnographic terms. The journal also publishes commentaries and reviews of books, catalogs, exhibitions, and digital productions of interest to material culture and museum scholars.

Back issues of Museum Anthropology are available online in the AnthroSource digital portal. Since issue 30(1), the journal has been published concurrently in print form and in AnthroSource. [here]

The journal is indexed in Anthropological Index and Anthropological Literature.

The editorial office also maintains an online weblog (blog) that supports the mission of the journal. To visit the Museum Anthropology blog, click [here].

Submissions and inquiries are welcome and should be directed to the editor (museanth (at) indiana (dot) edu).


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About this site

I am the Director of the Folklore Institute and an Associate Professor of Folklore in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. This site provides information on my teaching and research work, while also conveying some news and information relating to students and colleagues with whom I work and projects on which we collaborate.