2024/2025

Museum Basics

Type: Optional course (faculty)

Delivered by: School of History

When: 4 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Olga Nefedova

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 36

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course “Basics of Museum Management. Theory and Practice” introduces the principles and practices of cultural heritage. During the course key areas of cultural heritage are taught, such as collections management, museum, gallery and site management, exhibition development, education and emerging digital technologies, including education in museums, digital heritage, object-based learning and curating contemporary art. The course provides training in a range of practical skills as well as encouraging critical thinking in relationship to heritage practices. The course offers a set of lectures/seminars that allow students to develop basic practical and theoretical understanding of current museological practice. The aim of this course is to provide students a broad and challenging introduction to the practical and theoretical issues of contemporary museum and gallery practice in an international context; to encourage students to develop critical awareness in relation to museums, heritage and professional practice; to introduce students to the key areas of cultural heritage including theoretical principles, collections management, museum, gallery and site management, exhibition development, education and emerging digital technologies. At the completion of the course students will develop a critical awareness of relevant heritage issues in museum and gallery practice at local, regional, national and international levels, have basic knowledge of collections management, preventive conservation, object and collections-based research, exhibition production and evaluation, have a good understanding of the principles and ethical considerations which govern the museum and gallery profession, as well as relevant national and international legislation and key advisory bodies, have a good knowledge of relevant museological literature and additional relevant art and heritage-related resources.