Master 2024/2025

Exhibition Activity

Type: Elective course (History of Artistic Culture and the Art Market)

Area of studies: History of Arts

Delivered by: School of History

Where: Faculty of Humanities

When: 2 year, 1 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Master’s programme: History of Artistic Culture and the Art Market

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course “Exhibition Activity” introduces the principles and practices of exhibition and display planning and management. During the course key areas of exhibition management are taught, such as planning new display and exhibitions, display and exhibition design and production, the issues around object handling, movement, packing, and risk assessment, as well as presentation techniques: audio-visual and interactives. The course provides training in a range of practical skills as well as encouraging critical thinking in relation to exhibition and display practices. The course offers a set of lectures and seminars that allow students to develop a basic practical and theoretical understanding of the current exhibit practice. The course “Exhibition Activity” introduces the principles and practices of exhibition and display planning and management. 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 exhibition practice in an international context; to encourage students to develop critical awareness in relation to museums, galleries and biennales; 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.