<p>wow. that's a lot of languages. now, i see why german is required! janson was educated in germany, was he not? and shleiman (the guy who found mycenae) was from germany.</p>
<p>so, u can skip masters to get phD? in that case i aim for phD. my area of specialty will be baroque, classical art or african. my career goals: curator or director</p>
<p>How about....esperano? Could study george orwel inspired work....</p>
<p>NYU, Columbia, Berkeley, Yale, Northwestern, Penn, and Hopkins have the top seven in the US. UChicago has a good one too.</p>
<p>Oh! I forgot Williams College--one of the best for art history. </p>
<p>Some call Williams art history grads "the Williams Mafia," because they're very influential in the art world, (esp. galleries/museums.) Williams doesn't offer an Art History PhD, but it's B.A./M.A. programs are second to none.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of any source that has a ranking of university museums by quality/extensiveness of collections? I always hear Harvard, UT-Austin, Yale, etc. in the top 5, but it would be interesting to see a relative comparison of the top ones, and with their collection strengths. There are also some stellar smaller collections like those of Oberlin. Something that ranks overall collections would be best ideal since some schools have multiple museum collections.</p>
<p>JWT, I haven't seen such a list but I would put the museums on or near the Williams campus near the top -- The Clark Institute, the Williams College Museum and MassMoCA.</p>
<p>I agree with Momrath.
Also, Harvard and Yale's museums are, well--what you'd expect. Vast and excellent.</p>
<p>RISD, Chicago, Penn, Michigan, Emory, and Berkeley also have considerable collections (in ancient art, at least). U Toronto benefits from the Royal Ontario Museum, which is basically on campus.</p>
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The Williams MA program is actually a cooperative program with the Clark Art Institute, which is located in Williamstown near the College. It is one of the most highly regarded terminal master's programs in art history. No PhD, but MA grads routinely continue into top PhD programs.</p>