- vocational training as curator of heritage sites and museum collections;
- concepts of museology.
Main themes
- origin and history of museums;
- modern museology and museography;
- Deontology.
Content and teaching methods
Contents :
- status of museums;
- architecture of museums;
- status of museum personnel;
- flowchart: scientific services, education, administrative and technical.
Style of teaching :
Lectures alternating with visits to museums and temporary exhibitions in Belgium.
Compulsory reading :
M.-O. DE BARY, J.-M. TOBELEM, Manuel de muséographie Petit guide à l'usage des responsables de musée, Biarritz 1998.
Fr. MAIRESSE, Le Musée, Temple spectaculaire Une histoire du projet muséal, Lyon 2002.
J.-P. MOHEN, Les Sciences du patrimoine, identifier, conserver, restaurer, Paris, 1999.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Pre-requisites : Accessibility for students from all faculties.
Evaluation : Based on active participation in course seminars and written work. The evaluation of work will be completed during a discussion/interview
Support : Based on reading lists. Notes taken during the course