Museum Studies: Exhibitions, Collections and Material Culture - SAHT3213

Faculty: Faculty of Art & Design

School: School of Art & Design

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Campus: Paddington

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

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Description

This course reviews current research and theoretical frameworks on museums and art museums. It examines the history of collecting and exhibiting, and the museum as an institution. Taking the 'new museology' as its theoretical starting point, it considers the cultural role of museums and explores critical theoretical approaches to museum culture. Its emphasis is on material culture, objects, artworks and curatorship in the contexts of collections and exhibitions.