Objectives and competences
The objective is to introduce to the students the theory and practical work in both the most important fields of cultural heritage, namely museology and conservation.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• 1. THEORY:
• A) Definitions
• Collecting, collectors, collection
• Classification, taxonomy
• Art work, artifact, museum object
• B) basic:
• Museology and related fields
• History of museum and museum science
• Museum and globalization
• Museum’s role in contemporary society
• C) cultural heritage (Buildings and sites)
• Definition and basic problems of preservation of the cultural heritage
• History of conservation
• Introduction in the technology of building materials and construction
• Examples of culture heritage preservation
• Administrative procedures in cultural heritage
• Basic procedures for conservation program
• 2) PRAXIS (will be carried out by CHP professionals at the museums, galleries, and Institutes for the protection of Cultural heritage )
• Acquisition
• Attribution (datation, maker, author, material)
• Preventive conservation
• Interpretation
• Collection management
• Basic educational work
• Evaluation of cultural heritage
• Cultural heritage survey and analysis
• Documentation and Interpretation of CH
• Preparation of the procedures
• Cultural heritage management
Learning and teaching methods
• Lectures with ppt
• Seminary work
• Written outline
• Excursion to the museums, galleries and monuments (good praxis)
Praxis at the museum, gallery, CHP Institut
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
After concluding the study program Museology and conservation, the graduates will be able to conduct a critical evaluation of the museum objects, classification into collections, basic documentation procedures, and basic educational work procedures. In the field of conservation, the graduates will be able to assess the CHP monument (with the help of the CHP professional), and they will be able to prepare basic conservational program outline. In the both fields, they will assess and understand the cultural heritage legislation and basic management procedures.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
The student will assess the necessary knowledge in the field of cultural heritage. He/she will be able to use the state-of-the art tools, such as, for instance, scientific analysis. He/she will be able to perform management skills and use them in many other professional fields. He/she will be able to conduct autonomous interpretation of the material, and scientific research.
Readings
Obvezna literatura:
ICOMov kodeks muzejske etike, http://www.icomslovenia.si/fileadmin/user_upload/dokumenti/eticni_kodeks/eticni_kodeks.pdf 2.
MAROEVIĆ, Ivo, Uvod v muzeologijo, Ljubljana, Slovensko muzejsko društvo, 2020
PERKO, Verena, Muzeologija in arheologija za javnost, Muzej Krasa, Ljubljana 2014.
FLÜGEL, Katharina, Einführung in die Museologie, Darmstadt, issenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2014.
Dodatna literatura:
The Museum is Open . Towards a transnational history of museums 1750-1940
Berlin, Boston, De Gruyter, 2014
Izobraževanje umetnostnih zgodovinarjev za delo v muzejih [Elektronski vir]
Ciglenečki, Marjeta, Slovenski muzeji v 21. stoletju, str. 33–36, http://www.smd-drustvo.si/Arhiv%20dokumentov/2%20Zborovanje/Zborovanje%202012%20Maribor/Zbornik%20SMD%20MARIBOR%202012.pdf
FALK, John Howard, DIERKING, Lynn Diane, Learning from museums, Lanham et al. 2018.
The manual of museum learning, Lanham et al. 2018.
HOOPER-GREENHILL, Eilean, Museums and education: purpose, pedagogy, performance, London-New York 2007.
Monografija Društva likovnih umetnikov Maribor ob stoletnici organizirane likovne dejavnosti v okoljih severovzhodne Slovenije (ur. Vojko Pogačar, Primož Premzl), Maribor 2020, https://www.dlum.si/application/files/6916/0874/5038/DLUM-100let-Book-web4.pdf.
Podrobnejša navodila za študijsko literaturo dobijo študentje od predavatelja. / Detailed instructions on study literature will be given by the lecturer.
Prerequisits
No special prerequisites for inclusion in the subject.
Additional information on implementation and assessment • Seminary work - 20 %
• Practice - 30 %
• Seminar paper - 50 %
