Introduction to Museum Studies
In collecting, preserving, interpreting, and presenting items of material cultures, as the 20th century recognized and reconsidered, museums function as mass-media, social "tracers" as well as "objects-subjects" for economic and political elaboration. This course introduces students to relevant concerns of objects, conceptualization and communication, scholarship, cultural property, and identity.
Outcomes: Students will gain understanding of how museums conserve cultural artefacts, serve academic research, educate specialist and non-specialist audiences, and focus social energy in local and touristic communities.
Outcomes: Students will gain understanding of how museums conserve cultural artefacts, serve academic research, educate specialist and non-specialist audiences, and focus social energy in local and touristic communities.