博物館研究所致力於探索博物館誌 (museography) 與博物館學 (museology) 之性質及其與社會文化發展的關係。以國立臺北藝術大學與國立自然科學博物館（人文藝術、社會科學和自然科學）的博物館繁衍場域作為舞臺與實驗室，浸淫於博物館比較研究、博物館詮釋與溝通研究、應用博物館學等三大領域。博物館研究所的成員們將建構實踐網絡與實踐社群，從事研究、教學與行動互為主體的專業訓練與工作。不論是教學者或求學者，都將選擇某一項博物館專業為發展面向，厚實某一種學科知識，並以某一個地方為範疇、熟悉某一類型的博物館，藉以教學相長、養成創造的能力；通過理論研究、課堂教學與社會實踐之既分殊又整合的途徑，以文化思維、社會關懷與設計美學為基調，反思式的參與臺灣新博物館運動。

The Graduate School of Museum Studies is devoted to exploring the nature of museography and museology and their relationships to socio-cultural system. The members of the Graduate School of Museum Studies are based in the museum reproduction field, with expertise in humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Taipei National University of the Arts and National Museum of Natural Science serve as the stage and laboratory in the three major fields of comparative study of museums, museum interpretation and communication, and applied museology. Members will construct network of practices and community of practices to engage in interdisciplinary professional training related to research, teaching and social action. Both instructors and students will develop in a certain field of the museum profession (such as museum exhibitions, museum education, and collections studies etc.), a specialized academic discipline (such as history, anthropology, biology, or sociology), a certain locality, and familiarity with a certain type of museum (such as natural history or natural science museum, history and culture museum, science and technology museum, arts museum, and general museum), to elevate creativity in improving museum literacy and competency. Through the separation yet combination of approaches in theoretical research, classroom teaching and social practices, the members of the Graduate School of Museum Studies will take cultural thought, social concerns and design aesthetics as the fundamental keys to carry out reflexive participation in the new museum movement of Taiwan.